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NOTES SUPPLIED BY THE THEATRES.

Nino unusual feminine outfits en- hance Clara Bow's flare in "Her Wed- dieg Night." Presented as a svelte woman of fashion, it is a new Clara Dow who will make her appearance nt the King's Theatre, where "ler Wedding Night" is now showing.

Travis Banton, designer of ultra modern wordrubes for Paramount stars devoted his ultra-modern ideas, Kuthered on his recent Paris trip, to Miss Bow's outfit. It includes tw street dressen, twe afternoon dresses, one sports frock, one evening gown, two lunging pyjama 'ensembles and a striking negligee.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 7. 1932.

SUGAR MARKET.

THE LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS.,

The following coble at the close of the sugar market yesterday has been received by Messrs. Pen trenth and Co.

London Terminals, March 7/13 up 11⁄2d. May 7/31⁄2 up 11⁄21⁄2d. August 775 up 11⁄2d. December 7/9%%' up 1%d. Buyers at above prices, sellers asking -d. more.

New Year Terminals. March 109 down 3 pts. May 1.12 down 4 pts. July, 1.18 down 2 pls. September 1.23 down 2 pts. December 1,26 down 6 plu

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Pare Geneva Berlin

Of the street frocks, one is of beige: and black crepe romaine, trimmed with black fox. With this Miss Bow wenru a velvet hat of black and beige. Her second street outfit is blue crepe, tailored, and trimmed with white pique. With this costume, she wears in corsage of white, blue and rvel

carnation and a blue hat.

The first of her pyja ensembles to be seen in the picture is black Antin and white crepó with en Onl... Froidered robe of the namng materiais. Helsingfors Miss Bow's sports frock is of while Athens crepe with brown velveteen cost, and. Buenos Aires with this, she wears a white straw Shanghai hat with furge $gured trim.

New York lfer evening gown, declared to be Amsterdam the most striking erention ever worn Vienna by the title star in any of her pic- Madrid tures, is of plain black chiffon heavi- Bucharent ly beaded. Two afternoon dresses of Hongkong tigue chilluns complete the ward-1russels

Milan

robe.

SHARE PRICES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.

The following is the list of incal share quotations lasued to-day:

Banks.

Hongkong Bank, $1172 m. Chartered Bank, £10 n. Mercantile A. and B., £171⁄21⁄21⁄2 n. East Anin, $128 ».

Insurances.

Canton Ins,, $1,360 n. Valon Ins., 8410 sa. Chi Underwriters, $4.00 p. China Fires, $650 u.

1. K. Fire In.. $1,250 n.

Shipping-

Douglases, $241, 3,

H.K. Stembuts, $21 sa. Indo-Chinus, Pref.) $15 8, Union Waterboata, $25 n.

Docks, etc.

Kowloon Wharves, $154 0.

Whampoa Docks, 829 n.

Previous day. Yesterday.

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M37/14

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17.3/11

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260

2624

Kallan, 27/6 a.

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Her Wedding Night" is a style re-Stockholm vel beyond even Bunton's creations Prague for Chura Bow, Three other noted Lisbon beauties of Hollywood are in the sup-Rio porting cast, Italin Morneo, Geneva Bombay Mitchell and Natalie Kingston. For Yokohama ench of these Banton designed sey Montevidea eral striking rustumes certain to win Montreal.4% the admiration and envy of feminino Silver (anot) hearts everywhere

"Silence" Coming.

Authors who write ange plays are new adapting their own dramas for The nerven.

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20.7/16 (ward) 20.7/16

terization which made the original play such a success The screen, by!

virtue of her performmance, and its promise of many more to come, gains |

now personality, a new figure of vigorous strength and sure touch,

Max Marcin, author of the play "Silerire," which was an outstanding dramatic success on Broadway a few reasons go made allthe changes) The story bristly deals with thu necessary for transferring the story trials und tribulations of the nou and to film, and, with Louis Gasnier, daughter of the richest woman in the directed the production at the Para-world. The girl is eagerly nought in mogal studio.

Likewise, Zoe Akins, author of the stage hit, "Daddy's Gone A-Hunting." which appeared on the screen under the title of "Women Love Once," wrote the continuity and dialogue for the film.

marriage by ne'er de rells and furtune hunters. The boy is a márk for his mother's greatest rival, for the mother is a domļanting figure in Wall Street, a tyrant in her own home, sequiously endeavouring to bring up her children to be self-reliant, and to Marcin's play, "Silence" which will educate them in the school of tife so nhow at the King's Thestre next Sum that they can retain and enjoy the day, was produced by Crosby Gaige heritage of wealth which she will in New York, and opened the Na- leave them, The unexpected twists | tional theatre In November, 1924, of this story are numerous and highly with HD. Warner in the starring vetive. Lust night's audience en- role. It is a complicated melodrama, joved it all thoroughly. motivated by an attractive crook who brings death and disgrace to the girl he loves, and, years afterwards, finds his own daughter Imperilled by his lawless past. To save her he faces" the gallows with his lips tightly sent ed on the secrets, which would drag her, also, to shame.

Clive Brook, Marjorie Rambenu Pergy, Shannon and Charles Starrett are seen in the leading roles of the mereen play in which the action takes

Francea Dady is one of the most beautiful of the new crop of screen | ingenues; James Hall and Lawrence i Gray bear their roles with distinction. A word of praise should be given Lihan linrmer for a remarkable piece of course, is always good, and is of characterization. Edmund Breese

especially effective in the role of WB- linm Remington.

"The Common Law,"

The Hohemian life of the Paris art

place over a period of more than colony in frankly and truly pictured twenty years. Miss. Shannon, who in Constance Bennett's new flm for recently made her screen debut with RKO Pathe, "The Common Law," Richard Arlen in "The Secret Call" well be the next attraction at the plays two roles in "Silence,"

Central Theatre,

Reed, frst, as the wife and later, as the daughter of Clive Brook. These two churneters never meet in the action. however.

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Marcin u veteran stage playwright has been directing motion pictures for several months. With Gasnier, Veturan of thirty years wereen perience, he recently directed "The Lawyer's Secret.“

Joan Introduces new Song.

Joan Crawford offers a new song number in "Laughing Haners," her new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring

Many of the scenes are played in a typical Paris studio. Some of the ¦ most unusual are there depicting "The i Four Arts Ball” in full swing. Five j hundred players take part in the ball! sequence, ninety-four of who are beautiful girls "costumed in daring outfits patterned after those worn by modris'nt the Paris festival.

Henry Clive, internationally known painter, who has studied in Paris act- ed as technical director for the art i colony sentences,

South China Motora $10 n. Providents (old) $6.30 b.

Hongkews, Tis, 220 u.

New Engineers. Tla, 61⁄2 n. Shanghai Docks, Tls. 99 n.

Cottons.

Ewo Colton Tls. 16.20 n. Shanghai Cottons, Tis, 77 n. Zoon Singa Ts, 11% ».

Lands, Hotels, etc.

II. K. S. ilotels (old) $15,35 b. H. K, S. Hotels (new) $1435 b. HK. Lands, $821⁄2 n. S'hai Land, Tls. 30 n. Humphreys' $19 n. Realties, $12.15 8.

Public Uulition.

Tramways, $22. 40 b. Peak Trama, (old), $15.60 3. Star Ferrics, $96% ». China Light, 27.60 n. H. K. Electrica, $79% . Macao Electrics, $23 n. Telephones, $43 n. China Buses, Tis, 17.90 n. Singapore Tractions. 3.

Industrials.

China Sugars 50 cts. n. Malabons $30 n. Canton lee., $5% n. Cement (com.) 19.50 1. Ropes, 18 n.

Stores, etc.

Dairy Farms, $29 b. Watsons, $16,90 n. Der A. Wings, $1 n. Lane Crawford, $0.40 b. Mackintosh, 319 n. Sinceres, $15% n. Powells, $2.50 1.

MiscellaneoUR,

Amusements, $19.90 m. Constructions, (old) $5,55 h.

SPANISH UNREST.

STRIKES IN CONFLICT WITH THE POLICE,

Madrid, Jan. Ģ.

Two people were killed and 12 Joel McCrea, the hero of Miss Bou- injured near Saragossa when nett's recent picture, "Born To Love"

vice.

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plays the American artist in "The body of strikers came into conflict vehicle which will open on Sunday Commna Law," Other featured roles with the Civil Guards. This makes at the Queen's Theatre.

gre played by Low Cody, Robert Wil-a total of 16 dend within the last The song is "What Can I Do-Iliams, Hedda Hopper, Marion Shilling five days-Router's Special Ser- Love That Man!" written by Martin, and Paul Ellis. Broones and Arthur Freed especially for the production which was directed by Harry Beaumont from the Kenyon Nicholson singo hit. "The Torch Song." It is one of. the few new Fongs to make its debut from the screen and the first time Jonn has Kung in pictures pince "Montana Moon."

In the dramatic picture, the song serves as an atmospheric background In many episodes after it is originally tendered by star in Helen Morgan style in the opening roadhouse scenes which motivate the story.

Nell Hamilton and Clark Gable share leading man honours in the new $1m and the cast includes Marjorie Rambenu, Guy Kibbee, Cliff Edwards, Roscoe Karns, Gertrude Short, George Cooper, George F Marion and Bert WoodruT.

"Mother's Millons."

"Mather's Millions," which opened yesterday at the Central Theatre, is a remarkable example of a mighty good play transferred almost bodily and in toto to the seroen, and with equally good, if not better resulta, Howard McKent Barnes wrote the play originally for May Robson's una. Though this reviewor never anw it, it is understood to have been a financial and artistic success for Bins Robson. It was this suc- eeas which inspired her to use it as a vehicle for her talking picture debut. It la remarkable, of course, because it lent itself so remarkably to trans cription to the screen. Winnifred Dunn is credited with the adaption. It is still more remarkable for the vital and gripping performance of May Robaan. This is not to be won. dored at. The play was written for her, and James Flood Vory, wisely retained the splendid dramatic clim- axes, the appropriate comody relief episoden as well as the stage charac

Francis Dade as “Faire"" in "Ma

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