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UNDER THE HOT

SAHARA SUN

Paramount has issued 1 new print of the famous Rudolph Valentino, film, The Shelk." and Hong Kong audiences will have the opportunity of seeing the "Screen's greatest lover" in most popular role at the Queen's Theatre today.

his!

Adapted from Edith M. Hull's novel, the picture shows Valentino as Shelk Ahmed. Ben Hassan, who falls madly in love with an English girl, played by Agnes Ayres. There are plenty of sizze ling situations under the hot

Sahara sub,

Those who do not mind renew ing acquaintance with the his- trionic" technique of a decade and a half ago" should find in- terest here.

CINEMA

HERR HITLER WRITING

A NEW BOOK?

THE SUCCESS OF

66

'MEIN KAMPF

“CIRCULATION OF

4 MILLION

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1938. -PAGE 5

was doubtless dus to the high. price of the book, Las for each volume. It surprising that any- one opught it at all.

Up to 1824 23,000 coples of the first volume and 13,000, of the sec- ond volume had been sold. May, 1930, brought the welcome publica- tion of a popular one-volume edi- Unconfirmed reports that Chan- tion at just over seven shillings. cellor Hitler is working on another ["

SUDDEN JUMP book, coupled with the official an This led to increased sales among nouncement that the circulation the Nazi proletariat, - During the of "Mein Kampf" has passed the first seven and a half years before 4,000,000 mark, drasps attention to Herr Hitler came to power the book the startling fact that Herr Hitler sold only 200,000 copies. must be counted not only as the Then sales shot sky high. By most successful Hving author-October, 1933, they had pased the taking sales 15. á standard—but | fist 1,000,000 mark. By 1936 they also one of the wealthiest in the | werę 2,717,000, and by 1987 3,437,000. whole world.

Before Herr Biller came to power While the Naal leader used the other countries had not bothered first profits of the book twelve to examine "Mein Kampf." Ex- years ago to anance his paper, the cept in England, where, according "Voelkischer Beobachter," today to a Nazi historian in the "Angriff,” that is not recessary.

"unable to recognise the signi- 900,000 copies, It is estimated, wil: Acance of this new mass movement be sold this year. Royalties at of the people, an English publisher least one

mark per copy must dared to offer the whole of ave therefore reach 900,000 marks, or pounds (5) for all the English £75.000 at current exchange rates rights in the book, including trans-

The book has been translated lation." Into almost all foreign languages, The first translation into Eng- and Soviet Russia and Lithuanish appeared in New York Octo- are the only two lands where "Mein ber. 1933, with the typical Ameri- can blant title "My Battle.' Al- Kempf" is not on sale,

most simultaneously the London THE NEW BIBLE

edition was brought out at the It is not at all surprising that rather high price of 18s, with the "Mein Kampf" should have reached more prim title "My Struggle." A such a breath-taking circulation. cheap edition of this translation It is required reading in all Ger- was published in 1935. and up to man schools, colleges, and univer-date 47,000 copies of the English sitles. Every German entering one version have been sold.

of the professions" is expected »to know its main ideas. Even a bar-

ber learning his trade must be familiar with "Mein Kampf "-

THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION.. "Mein Kampf" appeared in Eng land when British public attention was concentrated on the religious As che writer says: "Once the and anti-Semite struggles in Oer- spiritual foundation of the fight for many, and there was less concern power, Adolf Hitler's book Mein than there is to-day "with the Kampt has become today the all- Machtpolitik aims of Herr Hitler so embracing lexicon of National So-superbly formulated with admir- clalist political thought."

able frankness in his "political Hundreds of German editors of testament." newspapers keep a copy of Mein Kampt" near for reference. Most great importance to Great Britain. Curiously enough, in view of its copies were sold in the first year no English newspaper seems to rushed to buy the book to prove its readers conversant with Herr of the new regime when everyone have felt it worth while to make their interest in and loyalty to the Hitler's major political ideas a Hitler regime.

outlined in "Mein Kampf."

Many Germans, too, read the book, to see what political ideas the

In this connection It is worthy of note that the English translation

new ruler had, expounded, in or "Mein Kampf" was heavily cut. "Mein Kamp often bought as a Several vital passages were either suitable present, and 20,000 Ger- cut out or altered:

man

municipalities give every In 1934 à French edition-trans

MAE CLARKE TO newly-married couple at the regislation of the full German text of

STAGE COME-BACK

try office a specially bound copy of "Mein Kampf" with a preface by the book..

Marshal Lyautey dealing with Retr The first volume appeared on Hitler's ideas on France, was pub- July 18, 1925, in an edition of, 10,000. lished in Paris. But because it was December 2, 1926, brought a second unauthorised Herr Hitler's publish- edition of 8.000. Considering the ers ated the French firm, won the mass growth of the Nazi Party the case, and the edition

JOAN CRAWFORD'S first sales were not large, but that troyed.

NEW FILM'

Mae Clarke is back in Hot-

lywood and may consider come-back.

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Mae's hard-luck"story of 11- health is an old one now.. But her latest absence was due to more cheerful reasons..

Marriage, in fact, to an air- man with whom she's fring over South America and living in Rio de Janeiro.

Just before marriage, in Cag- ney's Fluck of the Irish. Mae was as good as ever, which means much better than most.

There wasn't any reason except interruption by immess why she shouldn't have been one of the big stars years ago. So why not now?

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CROSSWORD

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Leo Carrillo

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A 20th Century-Fox Ficture

All about, a gentleman farmer who brings home a too-exotic 31. Undeveloped wife to his family; M-G-M bought shoot It for Garbo some three years ago,

32. Cut off when nothing was too : unreal

one stroke Only ray of hope is it will take 39 Title of

respec Joan away from her money-

making wall parts and give her 34 C

Jane Withers in “45 FATHERS" for Garbe to be cast in.

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