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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1930.

CINEMA NOTES.

"RIO RITA" NOW AT THE

CENTRAL THEATRE.

Radio Pictures" lavish produc tion "Rio Rita," featuring Bebe Daniels and John Boles, comes to the Central Theatre beginning to- day for an extended run.

LAWN BOWLS.

TEAMS FOR AITKENHEAD SHIELD.

The following players have been selected to represent Hongkong and Kowloon in the annual match for the Aitkenhead Shield on Saturday. The game will be played on the K.C.G.

Teen, starting at 3.30 p.m.: Hongkong Kowloon Taikoo.

K.B.G.C

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L Guy

E. W. L. Hogbin

A. M. Holland

D. Gow

WOK.D.R.C

W. P. Hedley H. G. Cooper S. Gray

Bebe Daniels has swung the dress pendulum back from moder- nity in the opposite extreme. While two ounces of, silk or chif-J. Chalmers

J. Sloan fon may be sufficient for the cos

J. Laing tume of Mias 1929, Miss Daniels J. Russell- has outfitted herself in one gown weighing within a few ounces of CCC. 100 pounds. The costume, which F. J. Neves, la as expensive as it is heavy, was W. T. Brightman designed especially for Miss R. Basa Daniels to wear in the name role B. W. Bradbury of, "Rio Rita."

Designed and made by Walter Yacht Club. Plunkett, head of the RKO ward EB. Reed robe department, this extravagant costume consists largely of gold lace and rhinestones. It is worn by Miss Daniels during garden fete given by the "kinkajou," a notorious "under-cover" bandit. It is one of the most spectacular scenes of the sensational musical show.

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E. W. Carpenter P. W. Ramsay A. L. Shields

H.K.ER.C.

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E. Thompson, D. S. H L. de Rome

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R. Lapsley

Recreio.

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A. S. Comes F. X. M. Silva PA. Yranovich LA. Gutierrez

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KCC

ETC. Fincher

H. Overy

Ar Hydo Lay J. Fraser

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F. D. Duckworth The bodice of Bebe's extraordin-

C.S.C.C. ary gown is of souffle-a trans-W. E. Hollands parent net that blends with Miss F. W. Haynes Daniels' skin, giving a startling | A: Oswick effect. Gold applique bordered A. O. Brawn with rhinestones trims the front

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of the bodice and comes down Police. well across the left hip, joining F. Nolan. the bouffant skirt of gold cloth. W. McHardy With this is worn an elaborate E. Post- gold lace shawl that sweeps from J. West shoulder to the ground. She wears a high rhinestone comb in her hair and the finishing touch is a gold Ince mantilla studded with rhinestones.

Mr. Plunkett fixes the value of the costume at $10,000, but those who saw Miss Daniels wearing it during the filming of "Rito Rita," were unanimous in the expression that "it looks like a million."

Such a costume might seem out

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.K.C.C. & K.B.G.G. -

D. W. Phillips · A. C. Burford G. E. Roylanice A. E. Silkstone

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J. Graca Ozorio

L. C. R. Souza J. McKelvie

F. Cullen

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THE LR.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

ANNUAL EVENTS TO BE

HELD SHORTLY.

The annual tennis tournament of

of place in a less pretentious pro- the Ladies' Recreation Club is to duction than "Rio Rita," but be held during October and Novem- Luther Reed, the director, and ber. The events are as follows: RKO executives, virtually went Open and Semi-Open. "the limit" in providing the last 1. Ladies Singles Championship word in luxury for the settings (Grass Court.) (Open to any play- of the Photophone version of Zieger resident in the Colony.) feld's great stage success.

2. Mixed Doubles Hard Court

Throughout the production Championship. (Semi-Open) ie., Plunkett was lavish in his cos-one player to be a member of the tumes for "Rio Rita." In many L. R. C. scenes the chorus girls are scan- tily clad, but their costumes are said to be the most expensive ever seen in talking pictures.

Club Events,

3. Ladies Singles Championship

(Hard Court).

4. Mens Singles Championship

(Hard Court).

5. Ladies Doubles

(Hard Court)..

Handicap

6. Mixed Double Handicap (Hard

Court).

"The Divorcee." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer did well by Norma Shearer in giving her "The Divorcee" as her newest talking vehicle showing from to morrow at the Queen's, for the.. In Event No. 1, the semi-final Ursula Parrott story of a woman and final rounds will be played on who attempts to show her husband grass courts selected by the Com- Earlier rounds may that there is a double standard for mittee. women as well as for men, con-be played on any grass courts, as tains far more ment than does the mutually agreed upon by the playi average film plot.

ers. Results of matches to be noti- fed at once by the winner, to the L. R. C. No 1 Boy. The 1st round must be completed by October 26th. Other rounds by dates to be fixed by the Committee..

The general atmosphere of "The Divorcee" is in the vein of Miss Shearer's past success, "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney," with this dif- ference, that the latter vehicle was done in the manner of a farce, while the new film is powerful in its emotional significance.

Events 2-6 will be played on the hard courts of the L. R. G. The first! round of each event must be com- October 26th. Other pleted by rounds to be completed by dates to be fixed by the Committee.

The story concerns the hectic career of Jerry Bernard, a young society woman whose husband has deserted her when he discovered that she has had an affair with his per event. No entry will be accept- best friend. Although he himself ed unless accompanied by entrance

has been unfaithful to his wife, he fee. refuses to admit that women may apply the double standard equally as well as men.

Jerry takes love where she finds it and is on the verge of cloping with a man whose wife has lost her beauty as a result of an au- tomobile accident, when an event dccurs which changes the course of her life. There is no need to take the "kick" out of this climax in telling anything about it be- forehand other than to note that it brings the picture to an entire ly logical and fitting close

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FENCING AT YACHT CLUB.

·ASSAULT-AT-ARMS TO BE

HELD,

The Gymnasium of the Yacht Club presented a lively scene last Monday evening when the new Fencing Club rallied its members for a general essa. Apart from "Children of Pleasure." the six or eight original members Using a radio as an actor is one who are experienced fencers, many of the odd little tricks by which others proved that they had a realism was lent the talkies in the fairly rood knowledge of the art. making of "Children of Pleasure," In view of the fact that the Club Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's romance has only recently been' constituted ofTin Pan Alley," now playing the number of members who turn up must have been very gratifying to those responsible for the Club's institution.

ex-

at the. Queen's Theatre.

Lawrence Gray, in the leading rolé, tunes in on a radio and hears

Fencing is nothing if not subtle. itplay his latest song hit for a scene. It was accomplished 28 The Club counts amongst its follows:-A radio was set up in members some very useful the scene and a film recording of [ponents of the foll, opee and sabre, the song wanted was played off so one may expect to see some in the recording building into a first-class fencing at the Assault- small transmitter which was pick-at-Arms to be held in November. ed up by the radio and played. There is apparently no dearth of And then, of course, the micro Instruction for those as yet in phone on the set picked up the experienced in the art. Mak voice of the radio, and sent it back

Classes are held every Monday to be recorded

on the film that evening at the Yacht Club, at went with the picture scene.

The 5.15 p. small scene took three days of mechanical work, arranging and preparing the apparatus,

France's exports of aeronautical | three separate recording opera-products during 1929 were valued tions as well as the broadcasting at £1,500,000, as compared with of one of them.

imports valued at about £15,000, The new picture, which Harry Commercial air linea covered a Beaumont directed, is a romantic total of 5,651,000 miles last year, comedy of a popular song writer and carried more than 25,000 pas- who marries a millionaire's daughsengers and over 3,581,700 pounds ter. Gray plays the song writer of mail

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