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SERVICES BILLIARDS.

THE NG SZE-WONG CHALLENGE CUPS.

at

CINEMA SCREENINGS.city to play both these parts with a

NOTES SUPPLIED BY THE

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maken

superb skill) that

Mim the popular box-office attraction that he

"Irene Dunne fa a similar case. As the ambitious opera singer of "The Great Lover' she plays a role diame. Take a trip through the First Na-trically opposite that of the frontier tlonal Studio and all the famous placca woman sho played In Cimarron," of Hollywood! This is the advice

"The Ben God."

The third game game in the 1st Bound of the Services Billiard Tournament for the Ng 9ze-kwong Challenge Cupa, was played

broadcast by the management of the| the Sallora and Soldiers Home Queen's Theatre, where "Show Girl

"Hot Baby" and "Gonoral Grant," Inst evening, when the Royal En-ing screen drama of the film capital, broken into motion pictures.

In Hollywood," First National's amua-

two-mast pearling schooners, have gineers met and defeated H.M.S. with Alice White and Jack Mulhall, two vessels appear in Paramount's Thu Tamar by three games to two. 13 now showing Morvyn Lelloy

The standard of play through-in directing the J. F. McEvoy alory which concludes its showings at the mystery-romaner, "The Sea God," out was very high and there were took his company on location to many Central Theatre to-day. Richard several games in which only one of the far-famed spots of Holywood Arion, who heads the featured cant or two points separated the win- and vicinity. When not working on of the picture with Fay Wray, is the ner and loser.

the studia fat he took scenes showing skipper of "Hot Baby," while Robert Cpl. Cottle, Sergt. Polland. S. A. the gayest and most celebrated re- Gleckter, inte of the Broadway stage. Warne and Writer Hellyer de dezvous and high life resorts of the is the commander of "General Grant. lighted the onlookers with | celluluit metropolis.

Both vessels are veteran cruisers of exhibition of Monie very Ane The glamorous Montmarte Cafe, the South Sea Island and have parti strokes and it was not until the the Hollywood Theatre, Hollywood cipated in many pearl fishing expedi last game was concluded, that it Doulevard, Beverly Hills, the hillside tions. "Hot Baby" is sixty-five feet was possible to form an idea of bungalows, and other chare teristic long and has a seventeen fout beam.

features are a background or the "General Grant" is just the winning team. The results were drama of Little fixie Dungn (Allee lenger. Both ships are equipped with White) who tries to make good In auxiliary, motors but depend upon pictures.

sail for travelling on the high seas. Action of "The Sea God" was filmed LeRoy takes audiences for a peep on the ocean from the vessois, under Inside the projection rooms, the water in a region noted for submarine buixer's bath, back of the sets and gardens, and on the island where cameras, and an electrician's eye view the picture unli made its inention 146 of pleture making. He even makes a bandquarters.

as follows:

[Sgt. Denvall

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Royal Engineers.

150

100

100

Sgt. Pollard

Cpl. Cottle

Sgt. Sovell..

L. Cpl. Fretwell

Writer Hellyer ...

116 l as part of the story which is

1.M.S. Tamar.

146

Supply Asst. Flood Cpl. Mann

Supply Asst. Warne C.P.O. Simmonds

140

shown projected in a preview at a Hollywood Theatre. He remains faith-

"Enst Lynne".

" trifle

fut to MeEvny's story throughout. "Enst Janne," which has touched the Mrs. Henry Wood's famous navel, Dixie, a Broadway girl, tries for sue heart of almost everyone who has read ress in talkies. She falls at first, but it, has now been made into a talkio. 138 junt at the bitterest moment evory-The result does not adhere scrupulous- 150 thing comes to her at once. Harveyly to the original, but the director, 150 Thew and James A. Starr adapted the Frank Lloyd, has succeeded in captur.

story and wrote the dialogue,

ing the spirit of the book, which is the main thing.

H.M.S. Medway being at sen on Monday, the next match will be played at a date to be announced

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Technicalor.

"The Great Lover"

Yesterday. "Give me actors and netresies who 84.13/10 can prove themselves as skilful in

very much of this famous play, All The director did not have to alter the requirements were there drama and pathea enough for the writer, who saw the preview on Thursday, to pro dict that there will be some shelding of tear in the King's Theatre when the plcture is shown.

The story is told simply and natural- ly with regard for period and manera

17 one type of role as in another, and Innd without distorting emphasis, An (3.31/32) have no feur to the success of as to be expreted in a tale of this sort, 18% picture," sald Harry Beaumont in there are the usual sentimental tricks

200 recent interview.

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414 The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayor director

Ann Harding's performance 1/11 who has turned DIL such hits a Lady Isabel is remarkable in certain "Dance, Fouls, Dance," "Our Blushing parts for a certain quiet dignity and 2.7/32 Brkles" and "Our Dancing Daugh- tenderness, and rises to great emotion- 181 ter" recently completed "The Great al heights toward the end of the film. Lover featuring: Adolphe Menjou, Divorced by her husband, Robert 40 which is coming to-morrow to the Carlyle (Conrad Nagel), "with ten 555 Queen's Theatre."

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