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The Melody Girl.

By RUTH DEWEY GROVES. Author of "The Innocent Cheat,” etc.

DEGİN HERE TODAY..

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1831.

CINEMA NOTES.

MARION DAVIES IN PARIS

GOWNS.

"Reducing," their newest Motro- Goldwyn-Mayer picture.

Reducing lampoons the beauty parlour as "Caught Short" did Walt Street, The motivation of the plat (and the plature, unlike most comedies

with her whole family and rural mall

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has a strong story) starts when Marie P. & O. BANKING Clothes are influencing personalities to such an extent this year that in carrier husband, Lucien Littlefeld, CORPORATION LTD, place of revealing a certain net type, comes to visit her sister, the success- girls are flourishing in such a myriad ful "Pauline Rochay," beauty parlour of identities that they might pass for proprietress. wwwww

a dozen rolled into one. Boyish types, The audience is taken behind the

1694,105 | Ranczve Fand ......................... Of course Irene had shown a lot demure damsele, sophisticates, languid scenes in an establishment where fat Beryl Bardan discusara that har half-after, of temper but who could blame ladies-cach mood is expressed by the women become thin and thin, women Irens Everett, in planning

fat. Marie and Polly have gentio fun to love her with a niator like that? The type of contume worn. Tommy Wilson, Ale tries to tirurent the

Marion Davice, Met o-Goldwyn-with reducing methods and succeed in marriage by kinapping Tommy with the kid had always been bossed and axalatance of her neighbourhood "gang,"

latest keeping their admirers in a constant Mayer's popular star, whose badgered by the older sister. Why.

is in the pietura, "The state of quaking mirth. If only half the things she told him appearance

Bachelor Father," coniing Lo the A strong love story is played out were true he wondered that she Queen's Theatre to-morrow. is one of by two pairs of young players-Anita hadn't left home to make her own these versatile girls who slips from Page and William Bakewell; Sally way in the world, long ago. sne mood to another at the will of Ellers and William (Buster) Collier P

and costume selections. Jr. her fancy

and then

They capture kim on the eve of the abuse. ment and drivs him out to the country where met break the heart of his adoring punt. Mr. Hoffman, who la financing him. Falling to convince him of his fully, Barg) loses her temper and calls hhn *** driven him back to her ster.

When he reached home he saw treme la encaged at Tommy for keeping a light in the living room and her waiting and rečim Lo thien in ha

him. Kuessed that, his aunt was waiting bal algo de abdurnie,

up for him. He hid his Bultense under the porch hammock before he went in, then forced himself to nanum, a cheerful air.

explanation. He brus Sier to comum with

CHAPTER II

In "The Bachelor Father" she has The boys' parts are well done by: an opportunity of revealing this many. Billy Naylor and Jay Ward. The aided nature, for as a girl of the pre-latter in the young vaudeville star sent day she wears aviation and riding who in 1927 gained wide publicity as costumes with a boyish nonchalance, the National Mascot of the American the adoption of fur-edged silk suits, tion to Paris for the Second A.E.F changing to a Noli Brinkley girl with Legion on the trip of that organiza-

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"Early to bed and early to rise," A wave of anger, overhelming he began, and "For some old ladies and savage in its Intenalty, swept is very unwise," she finished for her aviation helmet and her pegtop With her hair slicked back under over Beryl with Tommy's words. him.

Jodphur trousers giving a military She could have taken him in her But really, Aunt Em...." air, she lusks capable of crossing the thin brown hands and, shaken him

"Come, let's have a snack of lem- Atinntic, especially with her erming. as a terrier shakes a ral. But the onde and gingersnaps," his Aunt lined leather Jacket buttoned up snug the beauty parlour there, is an ex-

In addition to the funny scenes in THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. practice of restraint kept her stand-m said, getting up heavily from ly to the throat.

cruciatingly amusing sequence in a ing silent, waiting with bated the arrachair that Beryl had cov

In her riding habit, also favouring Pullman car and another featuring the brenih for Irene's answer.

ered in chintz during the short pe tailored Jodphur trousers, with yellow arrival of Marle and family at the Irene laughed-a dramatic. rlod that she was a professional crew-neck sweater

and vagabond Grand Central Station, New York: taunting laugh. Then, "That's all decorator. The business hub Inoking, a picture which is altogether it is distinctly made for laughing felt hat, she is equally trim and boyish: "Reducing har no moral or lesson. there is in it, is it? Just like that going quite nicely, too, but it didn'tfferent from the ane she makes in purposes only and it gets guffaws by Irene, will you come, with me?" "synchronize with her dulles

aher Inces and frills, with hair curled the score. she mocked, "You've got a nerve, cashier in Everoll's Grocery.

Bin harmony. Tommy Wilson, to ask me that tween the two yven Beryl saw that The frocks which Miss Davies went when all I've heard out of you for it would enuse less disturbance genin "The Bachelor Father" were create keeping me waiting here is a lot orally to let the interior decorat- for her by auch Internationally known of crazy talk about a gang of klis]ing KG. And anyway, he'd only Paris designers as Le Long, Molyneux, kidnapping yet. A hot one, that spent a small amount of money for Jane Begny, Redfern and Vionnet and ia t

the mall order course she'd taken reveal the newest details in smurt She paused and turned to Beryl, learn what she knew of the praustumes for home occasions, street "Bat if I'd known that you were fession. While on the other hand, wear, informal afternoon affairs and mixed up in it I'd have believed he pointed out to herself, "Look "vening purties.

at the years I've spent learning the him if he'd' said waves had bien."

grocery business."

gost

"I wonder, is there anything As Irene faced her sister, flat-wrong at the Everetts Mrs. Hoff Ing with outraged pride, Beryl's man remarked when she and Tom anger against Tommy aliated. She could not blame him so mi after my sat down at the kitchen table all, Irene was magnificent when I

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"If only he were not equally in- fatuated with the marshmallow Irene 1 could forgive him." Beryl thought.

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"Rookery Nook" and "Splinters" are practienly the first opportunities Hongkong will have of seeing and

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unatiated posit Boxes. "The Royal Family of Broadway." praise cannot be withheld any longer

from British producers

and photo-the world. Fredric March is playing, at the graphers. The management of the King's Theatre, the very role in films King's Theatre yesterday provided a which, when he played it on the stage special screening for the press

years ago, got him his chance as these two productions, which are to be screen performer. After he com-Ishown at the theatro this month. pleted his education at the University Although the two films are entirely Toning gave her a startled look, of Wisconsin, he went to New York of different types, that fact, doce not was tything but insipid in Beryl's "Wrung?" he repented in alarm. and juined the Helasco stock company, prevent a comparison, for they show She nodded. "Mrs. Everett call-later going to the West Coast where clearly the rapid advance that Elatree dark and flashing, and there wased me up about an hour age," abesquently appeared in "The has made "Splinters" la by no ne life with a thousand facets reveal said, "aud aleed for you. Said Royal Family" at the Morsen Theatre a recent production for it was filmed i ed in her furious gestures, in the wasn't anything important, but in Los Angeles. In the film version nearly 18 months ago, while "Rookery of "The Royal Family" March plays Nook" was produced some several play of emotion upon her features, thought it was strange, her calling the part of Tony--and he does it with months later, and the comparison in in the red of her mobile, trembling like that. If it had been one of an relat that will do more toward photography, direction and technique lips.

the girla....

adding to his fame than any previous in so marked that it does not require much imagination to form some idea "I guess nothing's wrong, Tom-performance of his talkie career.

recent there o "The Royal Family of Broadway" of what standard the most my interjected. "I

Kinda Inte. Mets the story of the home lives of a British filma have gained. little while ago.

leading family of American

"Splinters" is a revue, but a revue stage some of the boys and went for a falks. In the cast with March are of a different kind, for it shows that ride with them."

Claire, famous stage

self same concert party, hastily formed Mary Brian, talkic favourite; Henrict on the battle fields of France for the La Crosman.. grande dame

of troops, and which, of the entertainment

and with the assistance of many a cap. Its ending furnishes a moat starting Changehaa These Broadway stage. Arnold Kori

rose to a high grade. other Broadway theatrical celebrities. able artist,

There is no story to spoil "Splintera" "Follow The Leader."

and there is continuous appeal in its old war-time ditties and trench hu- Being funny is the easiest thing in mour. As talking picture it is the world, according to Ed Wynn, nothing startling, but it is good enter "The Perfect Fool," who has made tainment, with photography and sound "I'll tell you why!" Trene ex

"being funny" his life work. All one perfectly satisfactory and acted by claimed, her fury still at n high

has to do to achieve success at this good cost including the originals iial pitch. But now she was direct-

business, says Wyen, is to make people Jones and Reg Stone. ing her attack at Tommy.

Tommy stirred uncusily, and laugh.

But "Rookery Nook," the no well wouldn't tell on her, would you? swillowed the last of his ginger- "I've found that anything that will known farce that London laughed at Just a gang of kids! I might have snups.

make people laugh at a dinner table for so long, is as good as any of its known whose gang," she added hit- I think I'd better be going to will make them laugh in the theatre," kind that has come out of Hollywood. terly, a whole album of memories bed," he said when he'd washed the the famous funny-man, who after All the stars of the stage show in his first starring vehicle, in which Beryl's young friends had gingersnaps down with his lemon on the stage, has just complete his fred Shotter and Mary Brough--and Social Lion," which is to be shown

an unparalleled laugh-making career there-Tom Walis, Ralph Lyan, Wini- played a part rushing to her mind.de. "You, too, Aun! Em; you look first talking picture, "Follow the what a job they make of the witty The picture is based upon the Octavus am-Saturday at the Central-Thentre. tired."

Lender." The King's Theatre fenture lines and farcical altuation! Embar- Roy Cohen atery, "Marco Himself." Beryl looked at Tommy, Queer.. Mrs. Hoffman usually complained | next.

rassing moments follow right on top funny Tommy. So be had tried of feeling tired when she'd los!

of each other, and the action maintains AT THE QUEEN'S. to shield her. Her eyes thanked sleep. Tommy quite often saved

a merry pace from the start, garage mechanle and would-be pugi. "Rookery Nook" there are none of the country club's polo-team because he

1st who gets a place on a "rity" Paid-up Capital him, though he did not see it. For himself a lecture by talking her

"Reducing" Series of laugfix and hallmarks that marred

previous is the town's most proficient mallet Barptos.... Chuckles. him there was, no one in the world into going to bet.

British fims. There are none of those wielder, having learned polo when he but Irene Iren who, for a run- She got up now and lumbered

That Marie Dressler and

long dragginge waita for something to away marriage, hùd dressed herself (abunt, putting the dishes in the

Moran are an extremely popular pair as the dialogue, leaves nothing to hem in pink chiffon and a picture hatsink for the girl who came into of comediennex was amply attested by desired.

Pally happen and the photography, as clear was serving an enlistment in the But his hob-nobbing with the "400" and looked for all the world like alp her, to wash in the morning the roars of laughter which greeted Dresden doll. (Or at least she She, herself, couldn't do much the showing at the Queen's Theatre of ter" sitauld appeal to Hongkong, and and he tries to crush into the "Inner boules transacted.

Both "Lookery Nook" arxi "Splin- of the town gives him high-hat idear would when her anger subsided.) housework any more but there was

circle" by means of the entree he has "let's go." Tommy begged. "we'll no need of it, for she could afford a be too late to catch a train to New maid. This fact drew attention York at all."

away from her growing helpless- And no une realized that she

"Well," she said to Irene, "now

"None of that tough Larkin out- that you know it was all my fanitat i hope..Tommy 7" why don't you go with Tommy 7′′

Tommy grinned. "No. She was suddenly weary.

kids are all right." Tommy couldn't be stopped-he

His Aunt Emma sighed, "It's all up to Irene so easy equldn't. It was

to make a mistake," she now and it would be a relief said gently, "and when you're know how it was going to end.

young is when your mistakes count for so much. Sometimes you have to live with them all your life,”

You

...

"You can take Water Baby," was really a sick woman-not even Beryl offered. pretending to forget Aunt Em herself: that irene had vowed never to ride.

While she busied herself in the:

In the rattlely old car. "Anyway,kitchen Tommy bad a chance to re-. where are you going in New York trieve his suitcase, but he had for You can't be married tonight." gotten all alu! it and went up-

*. Her voice was earnest, and Tom-stairs without

ny answered her. "We're going to He did not go to bed at once, for)

"Oh, we are, are we?" Irene jibed. "Well, we're not. You en' treat me like this and get way

with it."

a friend of Irene's," he said, "so we sleep was fay from his eyes. The can get down to city hall and hewight was pleasantly warm-or married first thing in the mern-cool-just right for sitting by an ing."

open window, as Tommy did, writ ing out his loneliness to Irene. He could see her, he said, a lovely crea- ture with her blonde curls sprend out upon her pillow. Crying-was she crying? He didn't want her to "Poor Tommy." Beryl murmured suffer, but he hoped she was as mis- softly. "Just because you wouldn't erable as he. tell on me."

Having finished the letter Tom- Tommy's temper, which until my sat smoking innumerable cig- How had been dormant, was alight arettes, his head in his hands, his ly aroused.

mind filled with lovely pictures of "Don't be foolish," he said sharp-Fren soft, alluring Irene. ly to Irene, and right there la When at last sleep overpowered chance of coaxing her into a good him he tossed about restlessly and humor wont glimmering. To have cried out from his dreams, It was im anything but humble and not until the wee small hours of the morning that his mind grew pleading in Beryl's presence was more than Irene would tolerate. If quiet and he slept soundly.

s

all ended with the elopement being Shortly after that he was awak- Indefinitely postponed and Tommy ened by his uncle's alarm clock In going home, torn between Haupthe next room. He at once pre- pointment and anger toward Beryl, tended to be asleep again, lest

She offered to drive him brick but uncle should want him to get up he ignored her completely as he and go fishing with him. strode out of the dudgeon.

Then he remembered, with exas- room In high perating clearness, his bultense on The aweet scents of the night and bed, threw on a dressing gown and the front porch. Ho slipped out of the serenity of a pale moon meant crept to the door. When he opened nothing to him as he stalked mood-It, it was full in his Aunt Emma's lly down the tree-lined street to his face. aunt's house.

(To be Continued.)

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