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"The Rosary" the remarkable Bri- tish drama that in showing on Thurs- day at the Queen's is a story of great love and self-sacrifice. Mary Ed-i wards and Vera Mannering are half- alatern. They discover by accident that they both love the same man, Ronald Överton. Neither is prepared to retire in favour of the other: Mary because her love in reciprocated, andi Vera because she thinks that Ronald In too wealthy to be given up ко

easily. Realking that her only way! of keeping him la by means of sub- terfugo, Vera len to Mary about the nature of her Intimacy with Ronald, and a no convincing that: Mary surrenders the man she Inves | and prepares to enter a convent,

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TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, `FEBRUARY 23, 1932.

The following is the list of local share quotations issued to-day:

Banks

Hongkong Bank, $1860 as. Chartered Banks, £12 n. Mercantile A. and B., £18 n. East Aela, $127 n.

Insurances.

Canton Ins., $1,860 n. Union Ins., $405 b.

China Underwriters, $4.621⁄2 1. China Fires, $590 n. H.K. Fire In.. $1,250 n.

Shipping.

Dauginaer, $26 n.

H. K. Steamboats, $23 n. Indo-Chinna. (Pref.) $32 n. Union Waterboata, $25.

Mining. Benguests, $11.75 n.

On returning home after an inter-Kallana, 25/- n. view with the Mother Superior, Mary heara a shot, rushes into the draw- ing room and finds Vera, revolver in hand, standing over the dead body of Oscar Dalmayne, a man with whom Vera had had an affair and whom she rejected on meeting Ronald. Mary takes the revolver from her terrified half-sister, and while she is listening to her story of a quarrel, n struggle and an accident, the policu enter.

S'hai Explorations, Tis. 2.10 n. Raubs, $39 n.

Standing as she is with the gun in her hand Mary is at once suspected, and, again sacrificing herself, she confesses to the shooting. She in ar- rested and charged with murder,

At the trial Mary's Counsel in con- vinced that he knows the real truth. and recalling Vern into the witness box almost succeeds in tricking her, but she manages to hold on to her original story. Eventually he puls Mary herself under examination and lenda hur Into the trag where "an deeply religious woman" she muist ofther tell the truth or “imperit her | immortal soul." She choos

and save her sister.

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The sacrifice so affects Vern that she rushed from the Court. After wandering the streets, she lays t newspaper nanouncing the result of the trini. The verdiet ↳ "Not Guilty

Self-defence,"

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On her release Mary goes to the ohe place in which she knows. will find peace the Convent.

The example of Mary's selfherifle. ing love minkes Vern completely re- pentant, and--shirking nothing she brings Renald to the convent so that she may confess to the lovers the she has network of lies by which separated them. After her runtur. kion ahe leaves them together in the c ganten, and walks into the Convent, { Mary and Ronald deport completely reconciled and full of happiness.

We now are a nun at her devotions -telling her bonds. It is Vern. She the and "kinses lifts her Rosary cross.**

"Doctors' Wives." The summer and fall of 1928 found Joan Bennett pretty much at louse ends with the world. Not yet eighteen years old, she was already a wife and mother. She was alone, with no one to look to for financial support, since separated from she had haughtily

her youthful husband.

Dacks, etc. Kowloon Wharves, $1541⁄2 n. Whampoa Docks, $29 n. South China Motors $10 n. Providenta (old). $4.90 An Hengkown, Tia, 220 n. New Engineers Tin. 0% n. Shanghai Docks, Tis. 90% n. Coftana,

Ewe Cottons Tls. 144 n. Shanghai Cottons, Tis. 80% n. Zoon Singa Th. 11% n.

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H.K. Hotel (old) $13 b). H.K. S. Hotela (new) $13 n. H. K. Lands, $76 n. S'hai Lands, Tis, 30 n. Humphreys Cold) $194 n. Henties. $11,65 m.

Public Utilities. Tramways, $20 an.

Ponk Trams, (old), $15.60 n Star Ferries, 594 . Chinn Lights, $21 #. H.A. Electrics, $75 na, Macao Electries, $23 n. Telephones, $43 n. China Busca, Tls, 16 n. Singapore Tractions, 3/- a

Industrials,

Malabona, $48_n. Canton Ice., $5 n. Cements (capt.) $16.85 m. Ropes, $16.40 n.

Stores, ete Dairy Farms, $29% n. Walions. $16.50 n. Der A. Wings. $1 n. Lane Crawfords, $6 11, Mackintosh, $19 b. Sinceres $16 h Powells, $3.60 n.

Miscellaneous,

Amusementa, $19% b.

Entertainments (old) $181⁄4% D. Constructions (old) $5.15 n.

A. C. Enterprises $10 n.

Constructions (new). 81,75 n. B. Ind. G. $ Ronda, $68% . Loans, 89% b. Prem.

All that life had taught her of self her latest Fox success in which she Raxirr discipline, courage, fortitude, self-is ro-featured with Warner reliance, she had need of in those dark months,

Fortunately for Joan, in this crisis her father, Richard Bennett, came to the rescue. He gave his youngest daughter the leading feminine role in his own play, "darnegan." It was a bit.

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and la now showing at the King's Theatre.

Frank Borzage directed the picture. which includes in its supporting cast Vietor Varconi, Helene Millard, Cecilin Leftus and many others.

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tre Gulli school in New York with 106 cried because it seemed such an in-visit London and see the Cup Final inexperienced girls, she was just credible trick. But I soon discovered at Wimbley, the scenes are all taken fifteen. In her vivid, colourful wayif war wrong"

in the placen concerned, which adds she describes, the progress of her Sinec that day, six years ago, Mas considerably to the entertainment | Sidney kms achieved many noteworthy | value. A number of the incidents "Every Saturday morning when performances, including the lead in were filmed in Yeadon, the birthplace the class gave a play, the "school's "Bad Girl" on the stage and the leads of Sydney Howard, and the shots of directors checked over their ratings on the screen, in "An American this Yorkshire mill town with the of the cast on little score cards and Tragedy" and "Street Scene."

workers being awakened the early weeded out the bad pingers. Out of

"Up for the Cup.

morning by the simple expedient of a 105 girls starting with the class, only It is a rare occurrence to see in man with a long bamboo pole (known forty-nine were permitted to stay the films the actual locality that theļas the knocker-up) tapping each bed- second month. After six months, story is written around as in most room window until the occupier ans- only the best twenty reinnined. Then cusek kela are built in the studies towers, are most interesting. The in came the selection of the leading obtain the "atmosphere." In "Up for teriors of three of the biggest weav- player for the first public perform the Cup." now at the Queen's Thea-ing mills in Yendon are shown giving tre, the human atory of a simple ono a very good idea of this vast in-

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"Ladies of the Big House," Sylvia Sidney is one girl in "My job at $150 work," Joan This is a distinction when it is relates, "but at that time it seemed plained that Miss Sidney is the one of 10 ansbitious like a million to

And then girl in a clogs

a year accepted an offer to go to Bollywood dramatic students, who for to work withi George Arliss in been playing featured roles in Darnel. The future, of course, is inuocant pictures and is now make In the hands of fate, but if my wishes in a strong bid for stellar honours. have anything to do with it, the years Paramount, reenguiting the marked to come will find me carrying on the talent and popularity of Sylvin Sid- traditiona homured by my dear my, suleted her ther and father in ti profesion they feminine loved so well."

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role in the remarkable

| drama, “Ladies of the Big House," a gripping, romantic love story of two The same spirit of courage as car- young lovers caught in the clutchen rivd her through die eventful gun-of the law, which will be the King's mer of 1928 is revented throughout Theatre'k feature next – Wednesday, her performance in "Dnetors". Wives," | When Mies Sidney entered the Then- |

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