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FILMLAND NEWS

Automatic Cinema On Its Way

MONEY IN SLOT

The automatic cinema is Hald to be on its way. Mr. L. J. Briggs, who has been in the film Industry for twenty years, has taken out provisional patents in London for the automatic cinema. This, he suya, is the first time the iden has been worked out in detail. "This plan abolishes the bulk of the frent staff," he said, "box-offico girls and attendants. A gate allows one patron through at a time when he or she puts the money in the lot. When all the seats arò full the gate locks itself, and seals the slot an that no more money can be insert- ed. Then when people pass out of the theatre they go through a gate which acts on the entrance gate, switches off the 'Scata full sign. and opens the slot. It is impossiblo to put other than correct coins in the lot. The automatic projector for the film is, I claim, the first of its kind. Only one projector. In needed, and it will run for twenty- necessary. four hours a day f

Made of Black and Beige Satin

WITH FANCY SLEEVES

The popular tunic frock. Skirt, lower slcover and corsage facings are black didi satin, while the tunic in mado .of pale beige satin, the alcoven faggot-stitched with black silk,

Three miles of flim can be loaded in the one projector-and when that has been run it all begins εικαίη. Most cinemas use two pre- jestors. The flick of an electric switch opens the box-office. The flick of another electric switch | FASHION_NOTES starts the projector running. Hoth

the mechanised gate and the nato- THE new dress-lhouette that matic projector work continuously till they are switched off."

The all-automatic cinema may first be tried as an "all one price" theatre in the West End of London within a few months.

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"THE GREEN PACK."

8,

1934.

Gangsters Turning Highwaymen

KIDNAPPING TOO RISKY

FORCED OUT OF LIQUOR TRADE

Houston, Nov. 2.

PARLOPHONE RECORDS

We are now agents for these records and our first shipment from the monthly releases will arrive shortly.

"

Parlophones best known artists include;

RICHARD TAUBER, JAN KIEPURĄ, CONCHITA SUPERVIA. LOTTE LEHMANN, LILY PONS, ŘÍA GINSTER, EMANUAL LIST, RONALD FRANKAU, LESLIE HUTCHISON" (HUTCH) - SOPHIE TUCKER, PATRICIA ROSSBOROUGH, BINNI' BARNES, HAROLD RAMSAY, HARRY ROY and His Orch.. LOUIS ARMSTRONG and His Orch

Organized crime, crippled by the TSANG FOOK PIANO CO

depression and the N.R.A., in In constant acnrch, now more than

ever, for new fields of profit, uc-

cording to Mr. John Landesco,

9. Ice House Street. Hong Kong.

Chicago criminologist, who perhaps USE ELECTRIC CHROMIC NEEDLES WITH YOUR PICK-UP

has an intimate acquaintance with more gangsters than any other man in the United States.

Gangsters and racketeers auffor- ed heavy losses when the depression first atruck, and their "customers" found the "pay-offs" greater than, profits and closed shop, he said.

"It was then that gangs began to ascend to new heights of in- fluence when they entered the liquor industry to recoup lost pro- fita," he explained.

"Need for organisation with centralised supervision becane ap- parent. Soon gangs were organised slides smoothly under the in different sections of American autumn coat has its big changes in cities. They warred on each other its necklines and around the skirt. for supremacy in the liquor in- The Faris dressmakers are showing dustry. Prices rose, profits were knee-length tunics that flare be neath the waistling, while the actual good, but the people soon refused skirt beneath is quite

narrow. to buy at high prices due to the and profita again Tiers are seen across the backs of depression. the new dresses, making them dwindled. wider at the back. There Am A trade show of the film of sometimes two and sometimes three "The NR.A. appeared and net Edgar Wallace's successful play, tiers.

price codes for the alcohol Industry "The Green Pack," WDS given

Prince recently at the

There are splits all over Paris which resulted in organised crime Theatre, London. The story is of styles, down skirts, down bodice-turning to kidnapping for profits. three prospectors, who, having backs, and in other places. They But this racket proved too risky a

18 business to continue." atruck gold, return only to find that come wherever the silhouette the financler who has agreed that narrow.

Mr. Landesco predicted that with The neckline of the now autumn the mine shall be shared, has let; them down. There is a tense scene frocks are coming down in front, the fading of kidnapping as a pro- when the three men cut a pack of some of them to exceedingly low fitable racket and the crime deptes- cards to decide which of them shall levels, and autumn dresses go in foraton gradually making gongsters all the financier. John Stuart choker necklines that flare out more desperate, that a wave of gives an excellent performance, as around the face,

reserve bank robberies and mint Larry Deans, the part taken in the

Waistlines are played up in shipments holdups probably would. du play by the late Sir Gerald

enormously wide leather belts on follow. Maurier, and Joan Mareton, as his.

some dresses, · : sweetheart, is very convincing.; The producing in this film is er cellent.

Edward

VALENTINO'S BROTHER

SIGNED.

Alberto Valentino, brother off Rudolph Valentino, has been signed for the part of an opera singer in "Enter Madame,”

He said gangs were most danger- Frills and Jabots and collars of ous when they were in the dissolu- starched white linen, transparent tion period.-United Presn. or thick, are being worn by almost everybody with simple suits. Suit! buttons are of all sorts, and include tiny birds, small enamelled hands, and leather leaves. Fastenings of dresses are indeed more hectic this season, quite different.

SYDNEY'S WATER RUSES

con-

110

OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS

Across

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1 I entangle in rather bad taste. 9 Happened in a way to be 'cruel. 10 Sounds like the name of one of the original Prairie girlswho certainly was one.

the 'mizere 11 This might be

favourite udwer, and

12 this, the swindler's woollon coat.

14 A fitting anagram of 22-but it

means nothing.

Daby's father.

1

16 His children were notorious.

18 Feeds up.

21 The shepherd of Croydon.

24 Plants in more ways than one.

20 The Muse of Lyric Poetry.

30 Issues from your electric read-

ing lamp (rev.). 31 Helped.

32 Wires, or made of such.

33 Sailors describe this nymph as Saucy, and are thus correct to n -letter--- 34 Do rent after changing.

Down

-Three-water busca, the first_of: their type, have been launched In Flowers grow lavishly on tho The cast of this new Para-French evening mode. Many dressy Sydney Harbour for regular ser 35 Sunned pan (anag).

vice. In some ways, their mount picture is headed by Eliasutrocks for autumn and winter have struction is akin to that of the Landi and Richard Bonelll, operatic transparent tops made of tulle or latest road buses. They

Ince. The lower part is usually of streamlined, have accommodation erepe-de-Chine or marocain. The for 115 passengers, can do 15 knota, inside of the hem is a vital point and are painted light green with in Paris dress fashions. Hems are smart cream facings. being

baritone.

Rudajoh Valentino was himself a Paramount star for several years.

£125,000 "Jew Suss".

The costliest film ever produced

faced with contrasting colour, and with rustling silk.

ando the following the Press:-

are

statement to

2 Just look at the doctor in the

river. an agile?.

3 Got behindhand.

4 Went against the grain.

$ Unaffected.

8 One could not

laugh as being 5.

describe this

7 It is well established: fire rises

in this.

8 Windy

11 An order of a boot which the

Polynesians consider accursed.

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You can make a face here quite politely.

17 No butcher ever mentions this

comman cut.

19 I don't suppose à doctor keops.

his in it with the syllables re- versed (hyphen).

20 Features.

22 Scold.

|23 Abstain

please.

from this chorus.

What English city reminds' one

of a chorabane of unknown seat-

ing capacity? ·

27 Paso (anax.).

28 Fatherlous.

29 He takes a now lease.

Yesterday's Bolution. MASHEDPOTATOES

WPFBCAT

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NEARING INVERSE ENNE WW TALK TOP) DICE A MONTAF GR REWARDS LAVISH YEAR IN FR

STATEN CONQUER LAEFATI NOU

LUIN SNELIETT 11 PWN CUTRATF OPENING

HERCULESBEETLE

in a British studio, the Gaumont- British £126,000 "Jew Suas." was seat of achievement on British film

"The rumours that the Maxwell publicly screened recently for the production in the eyes of the whole arst time, at the London Tivoli, world. The producers have taken interests hnd agreed to purchase Feuchtwanger's story and the Outrer Interenta in the Gau- the occasion providing one of the Lion

cinema

"Arst transformed it into vivid pictorial mont British Corporation are un- brilliant

At the monthly meeting of the resolved to appropriate $3,000 most

firani.

founded. Nor is it true that Mr. nights" yet neen. Prince George

For Conrad Veldt, who portrays Isidore Ustrer contemplated re- Chinese Chamber of Commerce yes-nually to purchase new books and was present.

position as

terday afternoon it was announced magazines for their library, which ring from his The fact that by a generous ges-Susa, it is the triumph of his controlling head of the corporation. by the Secretury, Mr. Chan Ping-au, is open daily to the pubile at the

that the Executivo Committee has Chamber's premises. ture by Gaumont-British the pro-career.. ceeds were devoted to the Lord Spectacularly the film is a revela-The Ostrer Interests are not for

anic."

Mayor's Colliery Plaaster Fund at- tion of the resources of the Shep- tracted a notable Society audience, herds Bush studios. the period and the Strand was packed by a settings and the handling of the being beyond huge crowd that struggled with the vaat crowd scenes police to watch the celebrities ar reproach. rive in the glare of studio arc lights.

"Jew Suss" (says another critic) ts in conception and scope a further Of the film Itself, it can be salillustration of the recent artistic

British film.

at once that it is a masterpiece of technical advance of the studio art and craftsmanship (saya one critic). Hollywood in mont inspired moments has never done anything better than this.

the

Two days ago it was officially stated that there had been conver satlons between Mr. Ialdore Ostrar, president of the Gaumont British, and Mr. John Maxwell, head of Associated British Pictures.

It is now learned that in the con- versations there was a general dis- cur'an confined to the pooling of the Interests of the two companies without disturbing the existing in- Mr. Beverley Baxter, director of dividual management of each con- Viewed from every standpoint, it public relations to the Gaumont (cera. The deal will not now take

Is a production that must set the

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