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NOTES SUPPLIED BY THE THEATRES.

Greta-have you met her? Norwe ginn, Miss Nissen born in Oslo. She studied muste, dancing and dra-

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| Copenhagen, Denmark. When only

six, she played a tiny angel in t

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with Charles Farrell, She tried se veral stage ventures, losing money, accent lait not her figuren of All Na- She signed Women of tions" and "Transatlan

HONGKONG SHARE

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OFFICIAL SUMMARY BY STOCK EXCHANGE

A very quiet opening this morning, and quotations nominal.

Bre more or em

Sales. Cements (l'ombined) $18,40,

Buyers.

Canton Instirances $1200, China Fire Insurances $600, H.K. & W. Darks $184. Providents (OLD) $5. Hongkong Lands $76. 11ongkong Realties $11.10. Trams $22.00.. Hongkong Star Ferries 300.

Yumall Ferries (Old) $335. Yauanti Ferries (New) $32. Dairy

Farms $284. Sinceren $1814.

Constructions (Old) $5.10.

1.K. Govt Lans 24-7 Premiumi. Sellern. Benguet Explorations 31 cents. South Chirm Motors "B" $11.

Everyone has his ups and downs while he's trying to get the swing of things.

a new feature in

Hier

latest

is

of an intri- guing siren In "Ambassador Bill,"

Will Roger

to-day at the

the

up to

"chentre. "owing

in which

faned comedian portrays a home- spun U. S diplomat who hilariously lives

to his name, Miss Nissen is mistress if the dancing art from tap

Log, including the

Scandinap

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Jor

She insists she doesn't clothes which is somewhat ambiguous, but those she wears she wears. Greta's [growing in favour every day. Her art As an actress matches her skill as a danver. She is nimble at both entis, a shiver, a quiver. In kissin, Nissen; isn't tissin'!'

"The Perfect Alibi."

THEATRE.

Commencing SUNDAY, 26th JUNE.

A GRAND DOUBLE

́ ATTRACTION!

ALSO

BETH BERI

DANSEUSE

Miss Beri will appear with the usual picture

programme on Sunday, 26th and at 5.10. 7.15 27th inst. and 9.30 p.m. only from Monday.

-

"THE

MAGNIFICENT

LIE'

with

RUTH CHATTERTON RALPH BELLAMY

and

STUART ERWIN

A Paramount Picture.

Prices as Usual.

PLANS NOW OPEN,

A. A. Milne, muthur of the play, The Fourth Wall," from which the suming attraction at the Queen's Theatre,

The

Perfeet Alibi," is taken, is one of England's foremost writers, credited with several success fully-produced plays, and a number of novels which have enjoyed tremendous kering. Regla Toomey instantly de- serted lovely Miriam Hopkins; Direc everywhere, As ik

Lar Marion Gering and other folks en

aged in production, sprang their chairs to bolster the ranks of the self-appointed wricome

circulations isinge play,, "The Perfect Alili" enjoy en highly successful run for two years. Some of Milne's other better kanwn plays me "The Dover Road," "Mr. Pin Passes By," and "The Ivory Hour," the last of which ran for ten months in New York.

Mine is world-famous for his series

the

from

com-

mmittee, Virginia Lee was only six months, two weeks and one day old on this occasion, and looked decided- ly fetching in her fluffy ensemble and pillowing of pink and white. How of hooks for children. The Christo-over, she proved herself a real trouper, pher Robin series, the main character doing her part to the complete of which is his seven-year-old son, is satisfaction of director. She still widely-rend; one of the books, cried

once, and that fortunately, Winnic the Pooh was one of the out

was part of her

her role. The young standing best-sellers in the United

petress was accompanied on the set States alone. "Now We are Six" and by her mother, Mrs. George Picker- "When We Were Young," two other ing, a nurse, and Rachel Smith head books in the serien, were likewise best- of the child welfare department In sellers.

Paramount's Hollywood studio. At the conclusion of her scene in the picturization of Louis Bromfield'a best-selling novel, Virginia Lee was accorded a privilege which never has "A been granted any other person: limousine was driven up a ramp and through seldom-opened special doors directly onto the sound stage, to take her home in the style beltting the furore she created at the studio.

"Arrowsmith" at the Central "Arrowsmith," Samuel Goldwyn's

"The Perfert Alibi," which will be shows at the Queen's Theatre this week after "The Bigger Student" is a Basil Dean production relensed by Radio Pictures, Cast in the film are

Robert Loraine, Frank Enwton. Doratliy Boyd, C. Aubrey Smith, War- wirk Ward, Ellis Jeffreys and others.

24 Hours."

A tribute rated by few, perhaps no other cinema neophyte, wan that ne corded Virginia Lee Pickering, petite, blonde and blue-eyed, when she made picture starring Ronald Colman na the her initial entry on the Paramount crusading young doctor, now at the set for her role in "24 flours," dialo-Central Theatre to be shown at 5.15 gue edition of Louis Bromfield's papu-end 9.30 pm. only for the next two lar novel which the King's Theatre days, is acknowledged to be the will show, beginning next Wednes-masterpiece of Sinclair Lewis who is day.

the first American novelist ever to be awarded a Noble Prize. Even before he received that world-wide honour inst year, he had been known for ten years 115 A leader of American

Clive Brook left Kay Francis in the middle of a secne to greet Miss Pic

MOONLIGHT BATHING

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UNTIL 11 P.M.-

FROM SATURDAY, 18th JUNE

TO SUNDAY, 26th JUNE.

COLD SUPPERS, AND LIGHT REFRESHMENTS. MUSIC SELECTIONS BY RADIO.

literature.

The notion of writing a novel about a plagae-fighting hero came to him from Dr. Paul de Kruif, the fainous bacteriologist and eminent writer on medical subjects. All of the --- thentic material contained in the book and the picture was

"Microbe Hunters" and "Hunger Fighters" have been best sellers almost popular as Lewis' own.

De Kruif, whose broke by De

£19

"Arrowsmith" was one of the issues which led to the famous quarrel inst year between Sinclair Lewis and. Theodore Dreiser at the Metropolitan Club, Dreiser claiming that the pro- ject had been

been offered to him before it was to Lewis and that he had refused

il.

Howard, the Pulitzer Prize

B who has done the adapting

to the screen of all Ronald Colman's talking pictures, asserted, after finish- ing the adaptation of "Arrowsmith," that Sinclair Lewis' method of writing Bankes his bouks ideal from the the technical I point of view for the

screen. Their vivid characterization, episodic treatment and rapid nction, lie said, left the adapter little to do but con- entute the action and cut out minor de trils,

John Ford, director of the famous The Iron Horse, tad charge of the production of "Arrowsmith," n United Artists picture, for Samuel Goldwyn. Besides Ronald Colman in the leading role, the cast contains Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett, A. E. Anson, Beulah Bondi and Myrna Loy.

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TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.

The following is the list of locall shore quotations issued to-doy:

Banks.

Hongkong Banks, $1485 n. Chartered Banks 210 n. Mercantile Banks, £161⁄2 n. Eost Aala, $112 B. Am: O. Finance Corp., $26 n.

Insurances,

Canton Ins., $1200 b. Union Ins., $446 n. China Underwriters, $3.60 . China Fire, $600 b. II.K. Fire In., $1,195 n.

Shipping.

Douglasds, $27 n.

H.K. Steambonte, $211⁄2 n2 Indo-Chinas, (Prof.) $45, n. Union Waterboats, $20 n.

Mining.

Benguet Exp. 31 cts a. Benguets, 10% m. Kallans, 22/0_n.

S'hai. Explorations, Tls. 2.10. Raubs, $321⁄2 80.

Docks, etc. Kowloon Wharves, $1443⁄41⁄21⁄2 n. Whampoa Docks, $18 b. South China Motors $10 n. Providents (old), $5 b. Hongkowa, Tls. 218 n. New Engineers Tis, 0 m. Shanghai Docks, Ns. 82 n.

Cottous.

Ewo Cottons, Tis. 18.80 n. S'hat Cotton, Tls. 75%1⁄2 n. Zoon Sings Tls. 10% n.

Lands, Hotels, etc.

H. K. Hotels, $11.66 n. II. K. Hotels Rights, $1 n. H. K. Lands, $70% b. Metro Lands $10 n.. S'hai Lands, TIR. 264 n. Humphreys, $16.40 n. Asia Realties "B" $20% n. Realtics, $11.00 b. Asin Realties "A", $155 n, China Estates, $100 n. Public Utitles. Tramways, $22.60 b. Peak Trame (old) $16 n. Star Ferrice, $90 b. China Lights, $20.50 8. H. K. Electrics, $73.35 m. Macao Electrics, $24 b. Telephones, $384. n. China Buses, Tis. 12 n. Singapore Tractions, 2/- n.

Industrials.

Malabons, $21 n.. Canton Ices, 36-b.. Cements (com.) $18.40 8. Ropes, $14.05 n.

Stores,

etc

Dairy Farms, $28% b. Watsona (now) $15 n. Watsons (old) $14 n.. Der A. Wings. $1 n. Lane, Crawforda, $6 n. Mackintosh, $21 n. Sincores, $16.50 b. Powells, $8.85 n.

Miscellaneous. Amusements, $221⁄2 n. Entertainments (old) $14.25 0. Constructions (old), $5.10 b.

8. C. Enterprise, $5 n.

B. Ind. O. Bonds, $68% n. Constructions (now) $1.70 a.