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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1934.

CINEMA SCREENINGS

NOTES SUPPLIED BY

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LONDON PLAYERS.

SEASON OPENS AT KING'S

ON MARCH 17

The Company will commence its local season with "While Parls Sleepa," which will be played on March 17.

B.B.C. ATTACKED.

SPEAKER CRITICISES

CENSORSHIP."

London, March 6. An unprecedented protest

cided not to give a talk which had been so censored and altered and cut up that it would be a travesty to deliver it.

Something Every Mother

Should Teach, Her Child

Regularity of, the daily habit is of the utmost importance, for overy child-neglect of this casential health precaution in, the cause of mueb sickness among children and greatly. hinders their development. Knowing child in

Over-enting, too many sweets, and the most. Insulcient exercise aro usual causes of stomach and bowel troubles in little children, for It is these that upset regularity. When a laxative is necessary, and even the healthiest child needs one of times, Baby's Own Tablets are just tho medicine needed. Devised specially This will be followed by Edgar "I protest against the B.B.C. for the use of children, they are pleasant in taste, mild in action and Wallace's famous play "On the censorship," he added.

altogether safe, as they are guaran- Spot," which will be given

Forrlo subsequently stated that teed to contain no narcotic or opiate. March 18, a repeat performance of he did not belong to any political They quickly correct infantile in "While Paris Sleeps" on March 19,

diarrhoea, coal favorishness, rolleve and "The Late Christopher Bean party. He had intended to speak digestion, colle, constipation, check on the effects of rationalisation, colds and croup, expel worms, allay on March 20.

and did not express extreme views, toothing pains almost as if by magic. but merely repeated what was be Your chemist can supply Baby's Own ing aald daily in workshops and Tablets. factories.

on

For the first time since the San Clark Gable idol of America's feminine fimgoera; appears for the Carlo Grand Opern Company first time in a Paramount picture as played in Hongkong over 4. year the star of "No Man of lior. Own, ago, local theatro-goers welcome a against the British Broadcasting this, as every mother must, she should

was not only impress upon her Corporation's "consorship" which is now showing at the Alhambra visit by a major theatrical com- made to-day by a young, London its ently years the necessity that Theatre. As "Babe" Stewart, big

this pany

gularity, but assure herself month. stake gambier with cards and women, Gable adds to his laurels with a fiery Arrangements have now been/Trade Unionlat named Ferrie, who nothing is allowed to interfere with characterization which ranks with the completed for the Grant Anderson WR expected to broadenst on the the daily function.

Labour problem. best roles he has done. He is given Company to play a short season at Mr. Theatre, and

Listeners were astonished when unusually competent support by Carolo the King's Lombard and Dorothy Blackalll, as the Anderson and his talented cast will Ferrie announced that he had de conflicting feminine forces in his life arrive in the Colony next week. and by favourite screen veterans ke Grant Mitchell, George Barbier and J. Farrell MacDonald. Wesley Rug- glen directed from an original screen play by Edmund Goulding and Ben Jamin Glazer. fixs. Blackaill, as Kay Evericy, is a "come-on" for Cable in his high-stakes card games, Polleo learn of the racket and make it so hot for Gable that he leaves town for time: At sleepy little Glendale, the hiding place, which he picks by the simple expedient of sticking a pin into a railroad timetable, Gable meets Carole Lombard, playing the rele of Connie Randall, a librarinn. This time It's love, although originally Gable married the girl with some sort of n "love 'em and leave 'em" klea in mind They return to the big tity, where Carole, quite unconsciously, helps But the net Cable fleece his Jumbs. begins to close again around the gam her. He makes a compromiso with the police, realizing that his feeling for Carole is love. How the tangled skein is unravelled makes for high. which this voltage entertainment

and no, probably, reviewer enjoyed will you.

"Dancing Lady". "Dancing Lady," which comes on Saturday to the Queen's, is bound to akyrocket Joan Crawford and Clark Gable to new heights. Their success together in "Passessed" will seem in significant compared to their triumph plc- in their latest effort. Here is ture with spectacle and splendour never before attempted and that goes for all film musicals heretofora, "Dancing Lady" is not just another picture. It in the screen's crowning achievement in the production of elaborate musienl extravaganzas. First you have one of the finest casts over asarmbled-Joan Crawford. Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, May Robson, Winnie Lightner, Fred Astaire, Robert Benchley, Ted Healy and lils,

Next you have a tensely dramatic story that would make a great picture without its extravagant musical back ground. Then you have the most pretentious production, numbers ever staged, with three hundred glorious beauties to enhance these settings. And, in addition, you have some hits that promise to become sansations overnight. The dancing-particularly Miss Crawford's routines with the world-famed Fred Astaire-in seme- thing to rave about, and the brilliant ensemble work and presentation of the musical numbers sets a new high for spectacular, eye-filling and luxur- ious film entertainment. The whole production, including the adaptation of James Warner Bellah's novel by. Allen Rivkin and P. J. Wolfron, the brilliant direction of Robert Z. Leonard and the dance direction by Sammy Lec and Eddie Prinz, ix a great triumph for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

tudios.

**Bombshell"*

When studio carpenters completed construction of the elaborate first floor of a mythical motion picture star's home for the Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer comedy-romance of Hollyword life. "Bonsell," which has its final showing to-day at the Queen's, the first action of the film's rior. Jean Harlow, was to inspect the kitchen. While it is not customary for cinema stars to make alterations in the sconie WAR designer's plans, an exception made in this instance when Ming Har law, after a careful examination of the setting, suggested that certain niterations be made so that the make- belleve kitchen might, more closely resemble the culinary workshop in her own Bel-Air mansion. The in- Imitable Lee Tracy is co-starred with Bus Harlow in Bombshell," which Is a riotous story of the tribulations of an exotic movie star whose preas agent gets her into all sorts of trou- ble. The picture is based on the play by Caroline Francke and Mack Crane, and was directed by Victor Fleming. In the supporting cast are Fraak Morgan, Frunchot Tang, Pat O'Brien, Uma Merkel and Ted Hesly.

"Song of Songs"

Marlene Dietrich, who recently in- spired the trousers for women, style Viguo, will sponsor a return to ultra femininity in clothes. The ultra- feminine garments of the 1907 period she wears in her new. Paramount pic- ture, "The Song of Songs" "will bring this about, according to Travis Ben- ton, cne of Hollywood's outstanding siyle dictators. The Song of Songs," ni elaborate picturization of Hermann Sudermann's literary classle and Edward Sheldon's play, was directed by Rouben Mamoulian. It is now showing at the King's Theatre. "The style of twenty-five years ago, when womanly curves were accentuated by the clothes they wore, is starting to come back into style agala". Banten pointed out. "But like many radical fashion changes, the dramatle leader- ship a famous woman is required before all women will adopt the now stylo". This leadership, says Banten, in furnished by Miss Dietrich in the "Song of Songs":

"Too Much Harmony" "Too Much Harmony" comes on Thursday to the King's Theatre. Featured in the cast ara Bing Crosby, Jack Oakle, Skeets Gallagher, Judith Allan, Harry Green, Lilyan Tashman and Nýď aj Spářks. It Is A bacio-stage story which tells the romantis story of a Broadway star and bla love for a beautiful little vaudevilllan of pro- mise and of his dimculties in gotting released from the clutches of a giri who is out for all the money she canI

The Company will remain in Hongkong for only four days and will then proceed to Shanghal.

He had intended to point out that workers did not control the means of production and were not responsible for existing economic chaos, but realised that while pro- duction had Increased wages had been reduced and employment de- creased.

get. But it's only when Jack Oakle and Skeets Gallagher, the comedy team that created such a sensation in "Close Harmony", take a hand in the proceedings that Bing Crosby in free to sing his songs to the girl he really Sam loves. Arthur Johnston and Carlow, authors of "Learn to Croon" The Moon Sang" and "Just One More

An official of the B.B.C. said Chanco", have written the musical

core, which includes "Thanks", "The Fertie's action

wna 8 complete Day You Came Along", "Black Moon. light", "Buck in the Wing" and "surprise as his manuscript had Guena It Had To Be Tint Way. The been adapted in various ways, to picture was directed by Edward which Ferrie bad agreed at the

time.-Reuter. Sutherland,

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