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FRIDAY, JULY

CINEMA SCREENINGS coming to the King's Theatre, on

13, 1934.

RURAL ECONOMY

SUDDEN DEATH

EUROPEAN COLLAPSES IN

RESTAURANT ́·

HOW TO KEEP YOUR SKIN

FRESH AND CLEAR

IN SUMMER.

Saturday, could form an "England to Hollywood" club, with the assurancO of a sizeable charter-member 1st. NOTES SUPPLIED BY

Besides Hugh Williams, brilliant CO-OPERATION SOCIETIES THE THEATRES

soung Lendon screen and stage star,

FOR CHINA whose American talking picture

Pimples and other facial blemishes this film,

are unsightly at the best-of times, "Fugitive Lovers" the now Metro-carcer la launched with

London; July. 12. An elderly European, Mr. D. G but especially so during the summer Goldwyn-Mayer melodrama showing Una: O'Conner are all of England. Rorbort Mundin, Halliwell Hobbes and

Mr. O. F. Strickland, formerly Prestage, bolleved to reside in months when the gay, bright colours from Sunday at the Queen's Theatre, While Mona Barrie, who played a of the Indian Civil Service and a

of your clothes attract the oys. Thi brings a now and exciting form of loading role, names Australia as her brother of the Into Mr. W. R. Kowloon, dropped dead in Wet-firet essential in order to love entertainment' to tho screen. At birthplace, she maintains that the club Strickland of the Chinese Saltington Cafe, 113 Des Voeux Road dear fresh skin is to avoid constipe Richard Boleslavky's brilliant directo include all of the British Empire on July 27, under the auspicos of ed in at the cafe about 9 pm, and blood stream which caure

Loundaries should be elastic enough Gabelle, ss leaving for Shanghai Contral late last night. Ho call- tion, for it is the poisons escaping: from a congested food tract into the tion, the story of romance and adven- Only Helen Twelvetrees, who will be the Universities' China Commit sat down to drink a cup of coffee; pimples and other facial blemishes.

bolls turo aboard a great Greyhound bus een opposite Williams, is of American

birth. Complications arise in the case to initiate rural king unlrsity Suddenly he slumped forward. Pinkettos, the tiny laxativo pilulos will keep you regular, aid digestion thrilling from the first "hot" to the Director George Fitznmurice. Of co-operation so Irish parentage, he was born in Paris,

The Chinese supervisor went to tone up the liver, banish billlousnes last smaabing sequence. Madge and lived there until 17 years of age,

and sicle headaches, make the breath Interviewed by Reuter to-day, his assistance but Mr. Prostage pure and sweet, prevent boils and Evans in n chorus girl, Letly, who when he went to Calcutta, India. Ha

you halo boards the bus in New York to escape remained there a few years before afr. Strickland said no had been was already beyond aid. The pimples, and keep the advances of her show's backer. coming to the United States. Just specially assigned to this kind of police were informed and the body griping, Pinkettes are the kies hearty. Non-frbit-forming and non, one "Leg" Caffer, played by Natto round out the International aspects, work for 12 years by the Indian was removed to the mortuary.

bound west from New York City is

cletics.

setor of "All Men Are Enomics", a Government and had also travell- Pendleton, gangster and braggart.pleturization of Richer Aldington's ed in Europe studying agricul- As the bus passes a penitentiary on best-selling novel of the same name, turul socitics. These are already

its first night out of New York an Inld in Capri In Engand and In unjustly convicted prisoner, Porter, played by Robert Montgomery, leads

a jail break and manages to hide under

Vienna rig.

.

"Whistling in the Dark"

a great success in India, and he Imagined the Chlause farmers' conditions were similar to those: encountered in India.

For laughter and thrills, the Motro- the canvas luggage-tarpaulin. Hay

mystory ing access to an unlocked bag ho Goldwyn-Mayer

The primary aim would be to comedy found credit societies to finance which 10 changes into elvilian clothing and later "Whistling in the Dark,"

enters the bus as a passenger. While showing at the Queen's can be re- the farmer, he said, and emphasiz

of his commended without reservation, ed the importance of getting the the spectator is on the edge

The co-operation sucieties have

sont, palpitating with the excitement There is not a single dull spot, and farmer to contribute, personally. of the realistic prison break, the story with such comedy experts as Ernest small amounta. Already in Indin sweeps on with even greater inten- Ruax, leading comedian of the Now there was great rivalry between sity Withington, a jovial salesman-York and London Stage, and the peasants to subscribe freely. passenger, marvels at the likeness of Merkel, who head the cast, the laugh- Porter's sult to one of his own, while der crowds fast upon the dramatic "Legs" plots revenge against the action. The fun revolves around the young man who has gained the affet-attempt of Truex, as an author of proved most useful in india in social matters, ties of Letty. "Lega" discovers the murder mystory stories, and Miss educational and esenpell convict's identity about the Merkol, as his society girl fiancee, to and in checking the Indian pea- time that Daly, played by C. Henry plan a "perfect crime" for a band of Bant's inordinate passion for liti- Gorden prison official sleuth in pur- crooks, who threaten them with death gation, he said. suit, is at hand. The tender love

Mr. Strickland is keen to start story, in juxtaposition with the excite ment of the manhunt, in guaranteed tive In a deserted house, the diminu- radio talks between the villages to make even the most phlegmatic tive Truex pits his mimble novellatle on agricultural questions. These audience rise in their chairs and cheer, vil, and succeeds in turning the laugh were a marked success in Indla Robrt Montgomery has never given aen them. For eleven months Truex and Palestine. truer performance than ho does as the starred in the Broadway. production Mr. Strickland will; lecture at escaped convict. Madge Evans, grow of this play, and the skill of his drell Nanking and other parts of the

on tho screen gives ing more beautiful with each picture, performance again proves herself an exceptionally fine actress. The rest of the brilliant cant deserve equal proine,

"Long Lost Father"

if they fall. Against the half-dozen desperate thugs who hold them cap-

evidence that a new star has been country; but, chiefly, he aims at villages, found in the Hollywood firmament. Practical work in the

As in "Red Headed Woman, Una and hopes that the Chinese Volun-

THE

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Merkel surpasses all expectations as teers will assist, as they did in LONDON SERVICE a comedienne. Deft characterizations the famous Ting Hsion experi- are given by much lessor members of ment.Our Own Correspondent. the cast as Edward Arnold, Johnny Miljan, C. Henry Gordon, Johnny Hines, Joseph Cawthorn, Nat Pendle ton, Tenen Holtz and Marcelle Corday, In the direction of Elliot Nugent is

COUNT THE

"TELEGRAPHS"

EVERYWHERE

THE

HONG KONG

The attempts of a father to gain the love of a daughter twenty years after he deserted her as an infant meet baffling obstacles, which are depicted in amusing and serious style in John Barrymore's newest starring to be found due credit for the ex- picture, "Long Lost Father", with cellence of this screamingly funny Helen Chandler and Donald Cook, at film, which excites even while it the King's Theatre to-day. Barry- amures. more is in the title role of this RKO- Radio Picture, which was directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack. As Carl Dell-1 airs, night club manager, he meets. his daughter, Lindsay Lane, when sho In hired to dance and entertain in his cabaret. Ho is displeased, but not dismayed by his daughter's bitter hatred for him, which she harboured since the day he neglected her and her mother, Carl's attempts to re- sume a fatherly role to her, meet atrenuous rebuffs. Soon, the forsakes her fanco, Bill Strong, take up with Lord Vivion's fast crowd. she finds herself acrased of theft by Vivian's coterie, she obtains aid from her father, although, to insure her safety, Carl known, is to lose her: for ever. Alan Mowbray, E. E. Clive. Reginald Sharland, Ferdinand Gotts- chalk and Natalie Moorhead have prominent roles in "Long Lost Father"--Dwight - Taylor-wrote--the- adaptation from G. B. Stern's novel.

"I Loved A Woman"

Whan

G.

Alfred E. Green, while directing the First National picture, "I Loved A Woman," which is, showing at the Alhambra Theatre, discovered it is almost as difficult for a trained singer with a delicate car for music, to slog off key, as it is for as untrained one with no ear whatever, to keep a tune. The picture co-stars Edward Robinson, and Kay Francis, with Genevieve Tobin in the role of Robin- son's wife and youthful sweetheart. During the courtship days, Miss Tobin is wont to sing to. Roblison the popu tar ballads of the early nineties. The character has a poor car for music and flats badly, however. "Listen Miss Tobin," said Green, "If you can't make your voice do tricks you cer- tainly can hit the wrong keys of the plano, can't you?" She tried it and could. And then Green got just the effect he wanted. For striking thei wrong notes on the plane threw Miss Tobin's voice out, and she flatted bad- ly, "I Loved A Woman" is a powerful and most unusual love drama centr- ing around an opera star and a great ment packer. The screen play by Charles Kenyon and Sidney Suther land Is based on the novel by David Karaner, author of "Silver Dollar.".

"All Men Are Enemies"

The cast of "All Men Are Enomies",

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