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Marx Brothers New Production

TOUR FIRST

A plan whereby a motion pic ture is to be "out," "proviewed," and gauged for laughs before the first scene is filmed in soon to be launched by the Marx Brothers..

For some time a Marx Brothers comedy for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer been in preparation. The script is now completed, and the musical score written.

has

To test the effectiveness of the humorous situations in the pro- posed picture, the Marx Brothers are first to test them on visual audiences.

An act has been rehearsed to tour the larger cities of the const region.

Tho act, to be fifty minutes in length, will include actual scenes and comedy' altuations from the picture.

With the Marx Brothers wil travel a company of 26. opera singers and dancora, many of whom will be given roles in the picture' at the end of the tour.

As the scenes are being tested in front of theatre audiences Morric Ryskind, one of the authors, will feel the pulse of the audience from the winge to pass or reject the scone for the picture, depending on the reception given to the scene or "gag" by the audience in front of the footlights.

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GERMANY TO FILM GB,S. PLAY

Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" and the prewar British operetta, "The Gelska," by Sydney Jones, are announced among the film produc- tions for the coming year by the Rota Film Company (anys Reuter from Cologne.) They will be acted

in German.

TELEVISION DISPLAYS

An important development in big-screen television is being under- taken by the Baird Company. Pre- liminary steps have been made, in tho wiring of the 'Dominion Theatre, in the. Gaumont-British group, for experimental purposes.

first It may, therefore, be the cinema in the world to show this new high-definition television (says the Daily Telegraph.)

An Important problem to be Holved, however, is the position of the B.B.C. relative to cinema ex- hibitors. The only regular tele- vision programmes in London will be those transmitted by Broad- casting House. Will the cinemas have the unrestricted right to relay these programmes to their aud- iences? If they have it will obviously affect the number of television sets in use and the num- ber of licences In Issue. At pre- sent the B.B.C. ban the public re- diffusion of sound programmes.

HENRY HATHAWAY'S THIRD

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· Henry Hathaway, who aprang | into sudden fame with his handling of Paramount's picture, "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer," is to direct Gary Cooper in the film version of George du Maurier's "Peter Ibbet gon." This will be the third time in succession that Hathaway” has directed Gary Cooper. The first of the three was "Now and Forever."

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Blue Suit

IN LINEN TWEED

"Lines of stitching and rows of tucks are popular with the dreas-maleera." The vogue for stitching is well illustrated by the work which appears on this Heat auit in blue linen ficecil. Scarf, gloves and handbag are blue-sustted, white linen to match the hat baut.

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HERE is a recipe for an old favourite, flour, four ozs, oatmeal, six ozs. brown sugar, oz. mixed spice, four 0Z4. butter, and four nžs, treacle. Mix stiff all with buttermilk into a dough, divide into 1% ozs, nuts, place on a greased tin, and bake in a cool oven,

SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE

London, April 20. Following the detection of foot and-mouth disease more than 2,000 animals were slaughtered at the Sturminster Newton, Dorset, auc- tion market this week.

Selling had begun at the usual fortnightly market on Monday when an outbreak was discovered

£300 DIVORCE DAMAGES

INCRIMINATING LETTERS

"I LOVE YOU MADLY"

A friendship of a man for a woman whom ho had known as a child was

divorco alleged in a suit to have been renewed after her marriage and to have cul- minated in a guilty intimacy.

This was an allegation of Mr. Leonard William Appleton, ' of Kenilworth Avenue, Reading, who petitioned before Mr. Justica Langton and a Common Jury la London, for a decreo nisi against his wife, Christobel Mario Ap- ploton (nee Wheale), on the ground of her alleged adultery with Mr. Arthur Robert Davey, shirt manufacturor's manager, carrying on business at London Wall,

Damages were claimed against eo-respondent.

The allegations were denied by respondent and co-respondent.

Mr. and Mrs. Appleton were married at Reading in August

1924, and there are two children. All the parties belong to Read- ing.

Mr. Davey had known Mrs. Appleton before her marriage and Mr. Appleton alleged a guilly as kóciation sometimo after the mar- riage.

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The jury found that adultery had been committed by Mrs. Ap- pleton and Mr. Davey and they assessed the damages, to be paid by co-respondent at £300.

His Lordship granted a decres nisi with costs against co-respon- dent. He gave Mr. Appleton cus- tody of the children.

Damages are to be paid into Court within 28 days.

PETITIONER'S CASE

Petitioner's case was that in De- cember 1933, he found 21 letter from Mr. Davey to his wife and he intercepted a letter from Mr. Davey on June 4, 1934.

Mr. Davey's office was in London Wall and it was alleged that Mrs. Appleton visited him there and adultery was committed.

Mrs. Appleton and Mr, Davey

at Manor Farm, Shroton, belong gave denials on oath,, ing to Messrs. James and John Mitchell. The Ministry of Agricul

Summing up, Mr. Justice Lang-

ture were notified, and they order-ton pointed out that there was no ed everything to remain in the direct evidence, but there was market.

The sale proceeded, and an in-plenty of evidence upon which they spector from the Ministry arrived could infer adultery, if they be in the afternoon. Orders were relieved certain people and disbe eelved from the Ministry later that lieved others. The jury had been every animal in the market must be told that Mr. Appleton was a "cold, slaughtered and burnt.

hard, over-righteous person," but, said, the Judge, they had not to consider that, but whether. Mrs.

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OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS

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1 Very few of us can understand these, so pries highly" (anag.). How to make a real log quick and lively. ----

10 Public School.

11 Easterners more likely to be associated with cream than with milk and honey.

12 This vessel doesn't carry much

cargo, BDY,

13 A bird-like expression not due

to aquilino features. 15 Swiss resort here,

18 Docs the truffle in its composition

make one peevish?

friend to a

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to a little editor. Article ten put

out before Mona's

Islo simply cannot be gainsaid.

Sixty tons of coal were ordered by the Ministry inspector, who en- gaged a local builder to employ 60 men digging trenches in the pad- Appleton and Mr. Davey, who was 17 I get stuck here, though. I'm dock adjoining the market yard. | a married man with three children, Few people slept in Sturminster had committed adultery. Newton on Monday night owing to the noise of the cattle. Yesterday the yard was under the control of the Ministry's inspectors.

Slaughtering began early in the Jean Hersholt some years ago | morning and proceeded until the directed ten "Western" pictures, late afternoon, there being a con with Jane Novak?

tinuous succession of

DO YOU KNOW THAT—

Lionel Barrymore once. wrote screen stories for D. W. Grímith?

When she first arrived in Amer- lea, Greta Garbo learned to play a ukulele?

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In a letter to Mrs. Appleton, Mr. Davey wrote "I want you some thing terrible to-night. I am here at London Wall all on my own. What about it?

Another letter contained the humane Paul Lukas studies world econ-killer shots. These were listened sentence-"I love you, madly, darl- omics between pictures and is a to in gloomy silence by a crowding, and long to have you in my recognized authority on the sub- that lined the road outside the auc-arms next Thursday once again.” ject?

tion yard and stood on points of

The jury, said the Judge, might Frank Morgan was once a brushvantage in the station yard oppo- think they were letters which only

site. Pens became rapidly filled by huge heaps of carcases. The re- a man who was writing to his mis- striction on the movement of treas would be likely to write, or aniraals will extend over an area of they might think that, by these 15 miles radius of Sturminster letters, Mr. Davey was trying to Newton and Shroton and last at get Mrs. Appleton to go farther least.28 days,

than she had gone before.

salesman 7

Elizabeth Allan makes a hobby of collecting add bits of coloured glassware?

Douglas Dumbrille was for four years a player on the Tigers, cham- pion Canadian Rugby team?

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25 His Excellency's lady,

20 Hall decoration that suits the

ends of antique dealers.

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refined.

3 There are times when after nil one gives vent to angry passiona, 4 Developments.

5 Stops.

Though he is a miserable wretch ho has a Grst-class quarrol, 7 Languishing.

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shown by the lack of a change. : of linen when starting.

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ence at heart, A 13-Wearing an occlésiastical cloak. 14 Hy this a substitute is employed.. 18 University official.

In which, though. judges do not,

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