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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1931.

MR. MORRISON AND

THE

LORDS.

"ASKING FOR TROUBLE."

"shameful in the RDY,

CINEMA NOTES.

"LAUGHTER" AT KING'B THEATRE.

ESCAPADES OF BOY OF 13.

WENT TO FRANCE WITH 2d.

London, May 13.

Mr. Herbert Morrison, Minister Nancy Carroll, the versatilo charmer who so recently plenseri the film-going of Transport, in a speech at public by her excellent work in The escapades of a 13-year-old Battersea said that there were In-Follow Thru with Charles Rogers, Warrington boy surprised the alcations that the Government is capable of portraying any character magistrates in the children's court would have Increasing trouble with remarkable fideilly -to-type. Lat Aylesbury when the lad was with the House of Lords, whose This wide scope of her talents was charged with stealing a motor-car. activities

had.

been in "The Devil's Holiday," the produc According to his statement he: tion which preceded "Follow Thru" Stole EG 58. at Warrington, The House of Lords, he added, and which followed "Sweetie" and cycled to Widnes and took train had rejected out of hand the "Honey."

to Chester. Education Bill, which would have In "The Devil's Holiday" she dis-

Travelled by motor-coach to given working-clas

children played a brilliant amount of emotional London, and then to Brighton and Educational

with

the feeling, a fine sense of the cardinal Folkestone. chlidren of the latest activity was going to ruin hit with all who love a great piece of the Agricultural Land (Utillen-character-building when they see it That's what the public tion) Bill. The House of Lortin, on the screen. when a Labour Government is, gets in "Laughter,"—a well job of and a half on the journey.

in neting by a swell actress;

"Laughter" is a play for the mil.

ma equalto. Their values of perfect acting. She made a

office, obstructs all over our ac

Tock a day return ticket by stemmer to Boulogne and walked from Boulogne to St. Omer with only 2d1. in his pocket, taking a

Was

by a French farmer, who took

Stayed at the cafe two days and was then sent to Boulogne by train with 90 francs given to him by the police.

tivities, but when the Conserva-llons-yet it is by no means puerile 1st found asleep on the road- tive Party 1s

in office it rarely It is minde of throbbing human stuff | him to a cafe. revises legislative proposals, and and as such will appeal to every one. merely passes them.

The work of Fredric March shines nut "So long as the House of Lords as a particularly bright part of this differentiates between legislation drama. He has been gaining rapidly by the Conservative Party and in public with his work in "Sarah and

Son" and in "Manslaughter." that by the Inbour Party it In nking for trouble. If it

con- tinues to ask for trouble we shall not hesitate to seek a mandate to deal with a Chamber which has no moral authority to interfere destructively with legislation ac- complished by a body that is re- ponsible only to the electorate."

LAWN TENNIS LEAGUE

between the

MATCH.

CRAIGEŃGOWER BEATEN BY UNIVERSITY PLAYERS. Postponed from Saturday the match University nud The Craigenzower C. C. in the "B" Divi- sion of the Hongkong Lawn Tennis Lengue was played off on Monday at Pakfalum, the undergraduntva wir- ning

Keven gets to two. The scores were as follow:

·

Frank Morgan is recognised as one of the foremost comedians and leading men on Broadway. He is concurrent- ly playing there in the title role of Topaze, the ndruit and infectious play from the French.

Took steamer to Folkestone; motored to Brighton, and walked all night to London, arriving with

a penny.

Walked to Watford.

Stolt bicycle from outside a' shop and cycled to Aylesbury, where he left the bicycle and took; a maior-car from behind a picture.

use.

Was arrested asleep in the ear at High Wycombe.

"Sleepy Sickness" Victim. The boy stated that at Brighton! he paid £3 for a boat and I to have it painted, intending to row himself to France, He admitted stealing and abandoning two para

Warrington.

Sky Wedding In New Film, It used to be just a saying that "marringer are made in heaven." But they made the saying true by Bing wedding in the clouds at United Artists studios in Hollywood, In a magnificent vision seene in techni relour for Arthur Hammerstein's lavish perduction. "Lottery Bride," coming to the Queen's Theatre on Friday, laundreds of hoautiful girls and handsame meu in gaudy costumes paraded In wedding procession

The police stated that the Int. through the skies behind Jeanette was once found with his father's MacDonald as the bride and John driving licence and

two road Garrick as the bridegroom

licences taken from other cars fects for the colourful spectacle a ready for use on cars with index staff of experts spent days in prepara.numbers which permitted of easy tion. The ethereal backgrounds were alteration.

In order to obtain the difficuli ef-

D. J. N.. Anderson and G. E. Yosh (University) beat A. B. Hamsun and designed by William Cameron Menzies, Its escapades were attributed 1. Zimmern 0.3; lost to Y. Hachiuma supervising art director. The trick hy his father to, a recen stuck and J. W. Leonard 5-7; beat A. Kit-shots and technicator were perforiard¦ of steepy sickness. chell and N. R. Kitchell -2.

under the supervision of Karl Freund, The boy is to be sent for three H. N. Lee and Y. F. Chew (Uni-Kamous German CAMSTAMAN who years to a suitable school, versity) hent Hanson and Zimmern recently arrived in America. Paul L 6-4; bent Bachloma and Leonard 6-2; Stein directed the startling pageant. bent Kitchell and Kitchel! 0-2.

F. Y. Khoo and T, K, Lien (Univer- sity) beat Ilamson and Zimmern 6-0; Hot to Hachiuma and Lennard 3-6; beat Kitchell and Kitchell 7-5,

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K.B.G.C. TEAMS FOR SATURDAY.

The Kowloon Bowling Green Club's teams for Saturday's vague matches are as follows:

The scene represents the vision that

comes to John Garrick when he is lost and Alier White, Over half a thou- in the northern lee fields after a sand people are in the ensemble, and dirigible crash and is in danger of a practically every sort of dance is de- frozen death. He sees his own mar-monstrated. John Adolf directed. ringe, to bis sweetheart, Jeanette The entire production was supervised MacDonald, as it would have taken by Darryl Frands Zanuck,

lace in Oslo, Norway, with the pea- sants attending in holiday finery.

"Lottery Bride" was written by terbert Stothart and adapted for the sereen by Howard Emmett fogers It has a pretentious musical score com posed by Rudolf Friml and set lyrics by Jack Brennan.

1st team, v. K,CC, (horse), 8.30

"The Arizona Kid." J. Ruler, ti. H. Sherriff. H. Nish, W. Russell (kipl; R.

Warner Baxter has accomplished the S. Nichol, T. S. W. West, G. E. Ray impossible. He has surpassed the Iance, D. F. Warren (skip): S. marvellous performance he gave in Eccleshall, R. Hall, E. W. L. Hogbin, "In Old Arizona" with another and L. Guy (skip). Reserve: A Keven finer Impersonation of gay and Taylor

insouciant bandit in "The Arizona Movietone, which is showing at the Kil" great outdoor Tunance in

Star Theatre to-staz.

Here

2nd team, y. K. Eectric (away) 4.30 p.m.-H. F. Stoneham, J. S. Logan, W. E. Hale, A. W. E. Davidson (skip); G. F. F. Thompson, C. (8.)

is the genuine spirit of the Bent, H. Rose, W. S. Drak Old West, thut elusive thing which so (kip): F. V. Whitta, J. G. Meyer, few Western productions manage to F. Ranley, V. Petherick (skip). transfer to the screen. Perhaps the Reserves: T. Ferguson and W. Ven-net that all its scenes, including the

ables.

GOLE

The STARS Play it

"NO THE TOP OF

THE BACKSWING TNO 2 NOTE HOW

EARLY IN THE DOWNSWING THE LEFT FOOT HAS [BEEN REPLACED. INO 3. THE FOLLOW THROUGH THE

WEIGHT WELL, "ON THE LEFT FOOT

هماه

What causes one to drive a ball fskyhigh into the air of the tee?

the

interiors, were mado right on netual secno

of the story-a little village In southern Utali-has something to do with the note of unquestioned realism that pervades The Arizona Kid." Anyway, it is there, and together with the gorgeous scenic backgrounds and the remade- nble work of the cast, makes the pic- ture one of the best and most antar- |taining all talking films of the year,

As a badly-wanted outlaw,

The Arizona Kid" is being searched for by many, including the sheriff of Rock ville, Utah, who does not suspect that Chles Cabrillo, a well-liked resident of the town, is really the Kid

himself, Chico's favourite among the dance-hall girls is the fiery Lorita, whose natural- Hy jealous nature is Inflamed when her lover offers the shelter of his home to Virginia and Nick Hoyt. The treacherous Nick learns Chico's true identity and betrays him.

How Chico estapes by the skin of his teeth with the one girl who ra

uained faithful to him, forms the stirring climax of this unusually well handled production,

Mona Maris, who plays the leading feminine role, reveals herself dramatic actress of tremendous ability. Carol Lumbard, Mrs, Jiminez, Theodor Yun Eltz, Arthur Stone, Hank Maun (and other well-known players give nate-worthy performances in their roles and Alfred Santel's direction and elever use of the gorgeous scenic backgrounds Zion National Park call for special mention, as does Ralph' | Block's absorbing and colourful story.

"Show of Shows."

Among the attractions of "show of revue in technicoour, showing at the Shows," Warner Bros, and Vliaphone

Queen's Theatre, is the "Black and White" number, featuring Louiso This is another case of the Fazenda, Frank Fay and a chorus of improper pivot. Too much of the beautiful dancers numbering two hun- weight has been kept on the right red. These nimblo ladies are dressed foot as the ball is hit, causing the in black and white, in striking con- right shoulder to drop. Remember trant with the rainbow hues of all the weight must be shifted over Foy and Faxenda and Sid Slivers are but one sequence of #Show of Shows." to the left foot as the down swing in the cast, of course, for the fun they is made.

It is surprising at what position dances under the direction of Larry crenic, and this they do nobly. The the stars replace the loft foot on Ceballos are charming. the down swing. Note in the Scores upon scores of stars tako illustration of Virginia Van Wie part in this extravaganza, among them that the loft heel is already re-being John Barrymore, Irene Dordoni, placed before the down stroke is Winnie Lightner, Georges Carpentier, a quarter completed. Also notice Nick Lucas, Monte Blue, Myrna Loy, the follow through; the weight Dolores Corbello, Patay Ruth. Millor, has been shifted well over onto Grant Withers, Armida, H. B. Warner, the loft foot.—ART KRENZ,

Dentrico Lille, Richard Barthelmoss

"The Sky Hawk."

Zeppelin raid amid the crashing of London, eowering under a merciless bombs and falling buildings, consti- in The Sky Hawk," the all-talkie! Lutes one of the spectacular sequences

Movietone romance of British birdmen. and raking airships Almed in the sky now showing at the World Theatre.| John Garrick, Helen Chandler and Gilbert Emery have the leading roles while John G. Blystone directed.

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