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feet ilgh, Every detail accurate, even down to the rope ands, which were properly finished by sonic Hongkong, 26th April, 1911. ex-riggers found on the studio staff. From photographs, imagination and the exact technical knowledge of Captain Ralph Wilkinson, R. N., as naval adviser, the quarter-deck looks the real thing. The turrets and roproduced, though

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reduced to

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DRANCHES 1–

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$11,000,000 0,685,000 1,250,000

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lards, fairleads, towing pendant, awn- Canton, Shanghai, Hankow, BwaION, ing, berthing rails-indeed every de-} tail of the quarterdeek-has been perfectly, reproduced by 120 carpen ters, who used 120,000 feet of wood. Seventy thousand wooden rivets wore used for the various sets, which in- clude ward-room, ante-room, gun- room, Captain's spare cabin. Com-very description transscled. mander's cabin and several alleyways. Jessie Matthews, the Midshipmald, has yearly rental from 15 to $40. already been given a standard on which to work. Her young brother! who is at a Preparatory School for Cranwell, the R. A. F. College, wrote:

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old her that his prestige has been increased in the school since "Good Companions" was shown. His bosom friend informed young Matthews that "honestly he preferred her to King Kong"-So now nhe-knows-what-is expected cf her.

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Hong. 24th November, 1937.

That popular music is returning to motion pictures is evidenced by the. popularity of the Warner Bros. dramatic epic of backstage life, "12nd. Street," now at the Queen's Theatre, į This curries several speciul song numé hers written by Ai Dubin and Harry Warren, Broadway song writers. Tin Pan Alley Invaded Hollywood with the||| Andvent of talking pictures four years:

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42nd Street," the sung writers are flocking:

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