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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1932.

CROWN LIFE

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OF

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ESTABLISHED 1900.'

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The Crown Life is in a strong financial position and safe for any amount of Insurance which it will accept. The Assets of the Company are conserva- tively valued and in excellent condition. The average rate of interest earned over all ledger Assets over a period of twenty years is about 6.5%, which is an extremely satisfactory rate, having regard to the class of the investments. Although the Company's business has been expanding rapidly, the expense ratio has been moderate, and the Company has always experienced a very favourable rate of mortality.

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A veteran New York stage actress and playwright, vacationing in Call- CORPORATION LTD fornia, recently figured in "one of (Incorporated in England, 1920.) those things" that happen in Holly wood. Ernst Lubitsch, Paramount director, after a week's futile search for the exact type of

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Binn Carter had never been insido studio until she went to the Para- mount lot to nen Lubitsch. She says she had no idea of ever seeking a screen career, and she was planning to return to Broadway to appear in one of her own plays.

With thirty-three years' stage ex- Berience, Miss Carter has played hun- dreds of roles. She is the author of more than a score of plays, three of Broadway. which were produced on She starred in her production, "Clouds." Taylor Holmes, father of Phillips, the boy in "The Man 1 Killed," was co-starred in Bliss Car- ter

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inne of Miss Carter's best known roles on the New York stage was, in "The Dylhuk.' She played an eighty clongated Charlotte Greenwood. To- year old Jewish woman. When Miss gether, they lead their company Carter, born in lowa of French anges through a striking gymnasium num-Capital' (fully paid up) ...........T. 196,MILAN try, made up in character to convince ber, alving more authentically than serre Fund Lee Shubert she looked the part, he uaual to elaborate and complicated signed her with the exclamation: precision routines by a largo dancing "You're a picture of my grand-chorus. And they lead the cast in an

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Two of the funniest human beings Bariera ("Bobble") Weeks, Gold-Dombey America has produced, Bert Lahr, wyn'a newest and most-talked-of Calestia America's most imitated comedian,

screen discovery, makes her screen Changchun and Charlotte Greenwood, are co-debut at the head of the batallion of Daire (Dulus) Narasaki featured in M-G-M's uproarious musical talkle, "Flying High," which will open on Sunday at the Queen's

Theatre for four days.

Lahr did not make his debut in talkies before this because he was in

"TELEGRAPH" ART ·

SUPPLEMENT.

Interesting Pictures,

To-morrow,

There will be a varied selec tion of topical pictures in to- morrow's issue of the Tele- preph Pictorial Supplement, covering many focal events.

Groups of players who took part in the Indian Recreation Club's cricket games against The Rest will appear, as well as a photograph taken at the dinner at night, while last Saturday's Races will also be illustrated.

Besides wedding pictures, there will be photographs taken at the Hongkong Area Small Arms rifle meeting, as well as photos showing General Tam Kai-sau, the defender of Woo- sung, being greeted at Macao. Several pictures of the Lytton Mission in Nanking will also he given.

“KUCHNITTEN TANÁCS AND CHANGEUERUNDINIS

(Mukdem)

Hollywood's most beautiful girls and has the romantic lead in the story will. Walter Catlett has a conteynkow bit, while important roles are playedarbia by Spencer Charters, Paul Page, enolas Charles Middleton and Harry Woods.

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Interns allowed on Current Academia. Deporte catred for Axel periodu në vakas Song hita in abundance are pro-so be obtained on applleation.

E. MOEL mised, the first of which is likely to be in Eddie's ditty, "Yes, Yes." Mort. of the songs are the work of those popular music masters, Con Conrad and Cliff Friend. Among them are. "Bend Down, Sister," which has a kind of negro spiritual teror, and "Goore Pimples," both ot which eam- mand the able assistance of Mins Greenwood, and a strictly gag comedy song, "Dunk, Dunk, Dunk

Honghong. March 11th, 1981. NEDERLANDSCHE HANDE MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V. (Motherlande 'Trading Boalety.)

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and Willy Pogany. The same technical Fund Golden 40.918,900 staff that created "Whoopee" the suc cess of that popular comedy with their newest effort in "Palmy Days."

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It required three "worlds" to pro- duce Radio Pictures dramin, "Beau Ideal" Requel to "Beau Geste"--the Orient, Occident and the New,

ent-

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With "Hold Everything" he casendet at one leap to the very top of the comedy ladder.

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services of tho comic expressions. In "Flying ith down into Mexico. which is no adaption of the musical

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Branches of the International Bank- in which Lahr scored The camera was placed on the Cal Broadway, he plays his famous role for Arizona line, and fuced toward ed.

the southern republic.

of Rusty Krause, dumb aviation in- ventor. The whole picture, in fnet. is a laughable satire on aviation.

Charlotte Greenwood plays Pansy Potts, an amorous waitress who de- Lahr is sires to marry an aviator.

and tumble "it," and their rough courtship Is carried out in an aviation show, at an airport and thousands of feet in the nir.

The lung and lanky Chariotte needs nu introduction to American theatre goers. She started in scores of stage અાCLLAALAM, including "So Long Letty"

and "Linser Langer Letty." and has been seen on the screen in "The Man in Possession," "Stepping Out" and "Palny Days.",

The two main tummakers are 48- sisted in their work of producing

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Kathryn Crawford. Charles Winnin- ger, Hedda Hopper, Guy Kibbee and Herbert Braggiati.

"Palmy Days." Promised as on

innovation in

That a search for quality guided every move of the producer during the Bilming of "A Woman of Experi ence, now at the Central Theatre, is obvious front the names attached to the production.

for Helen

As a suitable vehicle seren musical comedy, Eddie Can Twelvetrees, who played the lead in tor's newest picture, Palmy Days"

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will be presented by Samuel Goldwyn "Mille," he selected the play, "A at the King's Theatre to-day as sucegistered Woman," by John Farrow cessor to the goggle-eyed comic's in- known particularly for his screen suc cess, The Virginian." Mr. Rogers augural "Whoopee" of last xenson.

persuaded Mr. Farrow himself to Eddie appears as an unwilling as- sistant to a gang of crooked fortune lupt the play to the screen, and then

he employed Ralph Murphy, promin tellers and spirituallets, planning ent Now York stage director and wreck a bakery by installing dislogue writer, to write the nudi an an efficiency expert. The story

tional dialogue. was written by Center, Moerle Rys-

Harry Joe Brown, associate pro- kind and David Freedman. It is n

who was rowdy comic strip kind of a yarn may ducer with Mr. Rogers, ing blithely from the phoney mystic's formerly a director with the company, believes that every producer should holy of holies to the splendor of a direct at least one picture a year if futuristic bakers--one of those he really wants to keep in touch with Goldberg

bakeries, "manned" by an imposing assemblage of Hollywood's the actual making of motion pictures. Experience" most decorative femininity, to the He chose "A Woman

aine as one of those he is to make, opulence of A Ziegfeldian

swimming

As though this array of talent were with xeone,

a hundred prize

not sufficient to insure good results,

Of the Soclete Internationale de bathing beauties

competing with proud swans for attention, to Mr. Rogers decided to have as chief a moonlit garden party with young cameraman for the pleture, Hal Mohr, Placements, Bahle. (Local agents, president of the American Associa-Mossrs. A. Gooke & Co.). Yoster- love cooing among the lac buahotion of Cinematographers, Danny Hall day's official questions in Basle:- en Olvil spiraale stampi bukanka and on and on..

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Sharing the comedy honours with as Art Director, and Capt. Eugene £2 128. Bd. the beady eyed and ebullont Eddio is Hager director with Ernst Lubitsch.

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