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BETTER AND BRIGHTER BRITISH FILMS

STUDIO'S PLANS

FOR YEAR

(By "Colluloid") THE success achieved during

1032 by British films and the sale of several to American dis- tributors, has encouraged lead- ing British producers to embark on even more ambitious pro- grammes for 1933. Studio ex- tensions have been found neces- sary in some casca and mechani- cal and technical efficiency la now on a level with the best in Hollywood.

Gaumont-British opened a new studio at Shepherd's Bush recent

ly and the output for 1922, 20 ONE of the scenes in the Laurel alms, will be exceeded this year. Already 22 titles out of a schedul. ed programme of 40 feature Bims involving a capital expenditure of £1,250,000, have been scheduled in addition to at least 20 comedy shorts of two-reels.

and Hardy film, "Pack Up Your Troubles," having a return run at the Queen's. satire on big business, with the

Jullan comedian, in the lending male popular

Rose, Jewish

role.

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The building up of star will be Gaumont-British policy this

THEN branching out into the year. They have realised the grent commercial value of star cx-

realms of fantasy, cinema ploitation, however much clnema

directora generally Beize the eritics may decry it, and have setpportunity to treat it from the akiden handy sum to aid them in their searches.

British International turned out 60 Alms during 1932, an average of picturo 1 week. Their coming polley will be even more texible. They too are concentra. ting on building up star values and a reserve of writere to write original subjects. They consider these the next proven necomsities

REGISTES ROASTEKASĒTU ZINC CINEMA PROGRAMME

TO-DAY.. Central: "Thirteen Women." Queen's: "Pack Up Your Troubica."

King's: "Hat Cheek Girl." Oriental: "Polly of the

Dietierle, who held the megaphone "art" point of view, and William for Six Hours to Live, due at the tricks to make it truly we King's on Sunday, has used many inspiring. Like Just imagine and Frankenstein, dead body is brought to life, and there are of whirring, those cerlo shots "pitting contraptions that shoot direction like so many arms of an of electricity in every Incandescent octopus.

waves

It is Warner Baxter who is thus resurrected, and Baxter admirers will find no fault with the choice. He is more emotional than usual, however, and an unsentimental player like Warren William or Walter Huston might have made the part different.

Cir-there is Miriam Jordan, the latest To hold the feminine attraction

"Fox" discovery. An English artiate, she came to America for the stage, and like so many other "discoveries," was snaffled up by Hollywood..

Star: "Night Court." Work: "Cuban Love Song." Majestic: "Young America." SUNDAY.

King's "Six Hours to Live." Queen's: "Fifty Million French.

men.

Central: "Sweepstakes," Star: "The Champ." World: "When a Feller Needs n Friend."

Six hours to Live was taken from n book, aptly named Auf Wieder- sehen, in view of the plot: Baxter is resurrected for six hours only.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1933.

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

YESTERDAY'S MARKET

WEAK

According to Mossra. Swan, Culbert. son and Fritz, the New York market was weak yesterday, Dualsens done: 1,080,000 shares. The Wall Street Journal reports-Despite favourable nows including increased building operations, botter steel altuation, sharply improved electricity output, Arm silver and stendy grains, the stock market was irregular absorb- ing, fairly henvý selling during the Arst half of the session, then rallied due to short covering and romainee dull until the close. The Roosevelt oplaode apparently did not affect the market. Banka reopened throughout Michigan and were prepared to pay 5% on deposits. The Union Guar. dian, however, and sixty others main- ly in small cities and towns remained cloned.

Tel.

Bethlehem Steel Borden Company Canadian Pacific Railway........ Chase National

Bank Consolidated Gas of Chrysler

New York

Drugs Inc. Du Pont de Nemours 35 Eastman Kodak... Electric Bond

Share General Electric General Foods

General Railway General Motors

Signal Gilletto Saf

Safety Razor.. Goodyear Tire &

Rubber International Har-

SHARE PRICES

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.

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

Banka.

Hongkong tanks, $1,770 sa. H'kong Banks, Lon,, £120 n. Chartered Bank, $14 n. Mercantile. Bunk, A.

124 n. Mercantile Bank C., £9% a.. East Asin, $108 n.

LONDON STOCK PRICES

MARKETS VERY UNSETTLED

The following quotations on the London Stock Exchange have been received by Messrs. Bwan, Culbertson and Fritz in conjunction with Reuter. B.The, markot generally remains very unsettled, business being limited.

Feb. 16. Feb. 16.

Chinese Bonda

Am: O. Finance Corp., $28 n. China O. Fl. Ord.. Tls, & n. China A. Fin. Prei. Tla. 4:60 n

Insurances,

Canton Ins., $1,976 m. Union Ins., $570 x, China Underwriters, $2.40 8. China Fire S620 n.

H.K. Fire is., $1850 m. International Assce, Tls. 4.15 n.

Shipping.

Douglas, $30 b.

ILK. Steamboats, $22 b. Indo-Chinus, (Prof.) $45 n. Ido-Chinus (Def.), $32 n. Shell (Bearer), 43/11⁄2 n. Union Watergoats, $20% n.

Mining.

Benguets, $17 Kailans, 22/9 n.

n.

Langkats (Single), Tis. n. S'hal Exploratious, Tis.2.10 n. S'hai Loans, T18.2.30 . Venz: Goldfields, $4.20 n.

Docks, etc.

IIK.. Wharves, $144 n.

II.K, Docks, $20 n.

S. Chua Motors A. $10 n.

S. China Motor B., $8 a. Providents (old), $4.40 ®. Providents (now), $1.90 n. Hangkews, Tis, 220 n.

44

Bands 1808 (Eng. I.)

416

Loan 1008. 70

57 Loan 1908

£ 90%

£ 40

£ DA £ 86

£ 37

3% Reorg. Loan

1913 (Ldn. Isa.) E 70

5 Bonds 1926-17

Rly.

D8

£38-43

£ 10

£35-40

Shal-Nanking

6% Tient.-Pukow

Rly

5% Tient.-Pukow

Railway (Sup). Loan)

5% Shat-Hang- elow Ningpo kly.

5% ilunan Rly. 5% Hukuang Rly.

1011

5% Lung Tsing U.

£ 16-25 £16-25

£ 15-26 £15-26

£ 76-80 £ 76-80

£10 £ 6-10

£ 21-26 £ 18-24

Hai. Rly. 1913. 12-18 £ 12-10

Foreign Bonda

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Food and Wines especially good.

AFTER-DINNER DANCE

Every Thursday & Saturday-Orchestra Dally.

CABLES "RUNNYMEDE”-

Dow Jones Averagca:

Feb. 16. 30 Industrials .... 50.71

Feb, 16,

06.49

20 Raila

27,38

20.38

20 Utilities

23.07

23.50

40 Bonds

70.09

70.12

Feb. 15. American Con

60% American American Smelting 12%

Tel. A American Anaconda Copper Auborn

Feb. 16.

50%

12%

100%

100%

Tobacco

6214

0314

0%

04

40

30%

13%

13%

German 7% In-

21

20%

DY

0%

Japan 5 Sterling

Loan 1007

ternational Loan 1124 TAL

92/-

98/0

£ 00

£ G

31

007%

Benguet xp., 21 ets. 11.

Japan 6% Sterling

11

II

Lean 1924

... £ 04

£ 02

Industrials & Breweries

49

48%

4 Excelated Elec.

34%

34%

Industrícu

17/0

17/9

364

Brit-Amer, Tob

100/--

90/10%

5454

52%

Chincas Eng. &

Min.

22/0

22/6

144

144

J. & P. Coats

40/0

49/6

13

13

Courtaulds

28/1

28/6

234

24

Distillers...

b3/

53/8

124 12

10%

184

New Engineerings. Tis.6.20 p. Shanghai Docks, Tls. 96 n.

Dunlop Rubber ..

21/10

Everready

27/7.3%

30/-

00/-

General

Electric

16%

16%

Lands, Hotels, etc..

(England)

42/

427-

RUNNYMEDE HOTEL, LTD.

George Goldsack, Manager,

Guinness

70/0

50/-

11

11%

Hotels (old), $7.55 b.

Imp. Chem. In-

Hotels (new), $7.30 n.

dustries....

25/3

26/3

Imp. Tobacco

03/0

17%

93/-

104

Pinchin Johnson

28/0

7

7%

28/0

Turner & Newall.

25/0

25/9

....

04

Unilever

6%

20/6

20/-

51 143%

Asia Realties "A", $140 n

Miscellaneous

5016

14

Asin Realties "B", $28 n.

11%

Chinese Estates, $95 b.

Anglo-Dutch

10/3

10/3

30

China Realties, Tis.11.40 n.

Burina Corpn.

10/3

10/14

Canadian Pacific

China Debentures Tls.99

n.

Rly.

$ 1494

28

27

$ 14

Pekin Syndicate

1/9

1/9

234

2

Shai, Elec. Constr.

50%

00/-

Vickers 0/9d, cach

7/~

18% 164

4

4%

6/9

Oila

284

28

10%

10

Anglo-Persian Oil Burmah Oil

38/114

37/6

50/4

58/0

4%

4%

Mexican Eagle,

.7/1

7/14

£ 17%

£ 17%

7

25% Corporation 1234 Union Corbido &

Carbon

20% Union Pacific

6%

&

24%

Peak Trams (ald), $16.20 Star Ferries, 500 n.

451-

12

225%

7214

70

United Aircraft &

Trans.

サリ

34

4

26%

264%

2641 31%

26 30

vester International Nickel International Tel. &

Tel. Liggett & Mycra

Loow's Inc. Montgomery Ward 11% National City Bank 38% Pacific Gas & Elec-

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Packard Motors Pennsylvania Rail-

годи Radio Corporation Tobacco Reynolds

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ALTHOUGH Oh Sailor Beige Sorony.

Sears Roebuck

Socony - Vacuum

Company Standard Oil Co., of

N.J.

threatened to be the last film WAGENIESSERTEMATYCZNATIMAERZENTIRAthat Ole Olren and Chic Johnson of British productions now that would turn out, they are back the mechanical and technical side again, by

of Warner Texas courtesy has been brought up to the Brothers, in Ffty Million French- Hollywood level.

mun which the Queen's will begin on Sunday,

British and Dominiona finished last year with a trading profit of over £57,13 and sw sucress come the way of most of its films including the sale of several to America.

its

Typically trans-Pacific In brand, the humour dispensed by the boisterous pair is from a different mould to that of Wheeler and Woolsey and other American Prominent in their programme clowns, more alaststick and less for 1933 are two pictures from wisecrack, but good of its type. Jack Buchanan, two from Ralph It's all in technicolour, Lynn, and two from Sydney.

operetta.

Howard In addition to BitterHE plot of Hat Check Giri, at Sweet, Noct Coward's famous the King's is the old, old story of an affluent young man's In- The chief new independent pro-fatuation for a poor but virtuous ducing company, London Films maiden. Sally Hilers

supports Ltd., which began in 1932 with her widowed mamma and work- four films. announces that 18aby brother with what she carna pictures are scheduled for 1933. as a cloak-room attendant. Of These will include, The Girl from duty she attends fashionable Maxim's, Counsel's Opinion, Cash parties. She sloops one of them and Wings Over Jungle. Two filma folf in a strange bedroom. will have as leading lady Mias Ben Lyon meets her in equivocal Elizabeth Bergner, the German feircumstances and behaves like n Bayard, but the .course of their true love is disturbed by Sally's outalze

star.

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is acroened Cash will

U.S. Rubber U.S. Steel... Winghouse E. &

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21 YEARS AGO

Extracts From the "Telegraph" Files

The following extracts are from the Hongkong Telegraph for the week ended Feb. 17th, 1912,

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The rate of the dollar on de- mand was 18. 11.7/10d.

It was announced that H.E. Sir Frederick Lugard,

the Colony, und Governor of to Nigeria, and would be succeed- ed by Sir Henry May.

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d Manager of the Hongkong

I have sonic local intercale wits acally employer, ar putat big cast includes many favourites booties liquor. Monroe Owsley, headed by Wendy Barry, daughter a scandal-mongering Journalist, of Mr. F. C. Jenkin, Hongkong also makes himsel objectionable, K.C. Although she has appeared, but collects a fatal wound before Mr. J. II. Taggart was appoint- in several films, Miss Barry has he is able to part the youne not been seen here on the celluloid coupla. To round off the series oftotel, yet. This is her biggest role to hackneyed situations Ben la ac- date, supportoil by Robert Donat,cused of the crime, and the real CHfford Heatherly. Edmund | culorit la only unearthed in the Gwenn, Frank Cochran and nick of time, The acting ts Grossmith. It Is a' worthy of a better plot,

Laurence

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The death took place at the Peak Hospital of Miss Maud Kennedy, a niece of Mr. Kennedy,; of the Horse epository.

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

I.K. Lands, 376% 11. S'hai, Lands, Tis. 254 n.

Metropolitan Lands, Tis. 30 m.

Humphreys, $14. a.

Cotton Mills.

Ego Collons, Tis. 1340 b. -S'imi Cottons, Tis. 71 n.

Zoong Sings, Tis. 11.75 n. Wing On Textiles (S.) 115 ..

Publie Hilties.

Tramway. $21.50 n. X. Div.

.

Yaumati Ferries (old), $341⁄2 B.

Vama One, Ban China Light fold), $114 8.

H.K. Electric 876 sa. Macao Electric $24.65 b. Sundakan Lights, $12 n.. Telephones (old), 30 n. Telephones (now), $27% n. China Buses, Tla.10 n. Singapore Tractions, 2/- 1. Singapore Pref. 12/- n.

Industries..

Malabon Sugara $274n1, Cald: Macg. Ord.), Tla.14 n. Cald: Macg. Pref.). Ta.10% Canton lens, $6 1.

Cements (Com.), $7% b. Cements (ola), $6 n. Comenis (new). $2 n. ILK. Ropes, $11.30 n. Agriculturala, $7.

Stores, etc.

Dairy Farms, $29 b. Watsons (old), $12.75 n. Watsons (new), 11.40 n. Dr. A. Wings, 81 n. Sinceres $15.50 b. Lane Crawfords. $5.40 n. Mackintoshs, $21 n. Wm. Powells. $3.36 n. Wing On (H.K.) $226 n.

Miscellaneous.

Amusements, $12% n. Entertainments. $13.40 n. S.C. Enterprises, 83-n, United Theatres Tls. 5 n. Macao "Greyhounds," $10 m.

Royal Dutch Shell Trans.

Trad.

45/--

EXCHANGE RATES.

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Brussels..

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Rio. Bombay Yokohama. Montevideo. Montreal..

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Silver (spot). Silver (forward).10%

.16.11/14

British Wirclean,

Construction (old), $6 s. Construction (new); $1.40 . Wallace Harpers, $0 n.

Ind GS Ronde, $66% n. China Sport Ltd., $8,n.

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FLYING ALONGSIDE

THE PLANE CARRYING RILEY AND FRECKLES, THE PILOT OF

THE BANDIT

PLANE. DRAWS

A GUN ON

THEN

my

IF HE WON'T COME DOWN ON

HIS OWN POWER, THEN I'LL USE THIS!!

TRYING THAT STUFF ON US, IS HE... ARE YOU OKAY, FRECKLES 3

BETSY'S LURCHING A BIT..... WHAT'S THIS? HE'S SHOT *AWAY ONE OF THE STRUT WIRES!!!

UNLESS THATS REPAIRED QUICKLY, THE PRESSURE OF AIR MIGHT SNAP THE WING CLEAN OFF!!

YEAH...BUT I DONT LIKE HIM

SHOOTIN' AT US 'LIKE THAT "

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