1935-05-31 — Page 2

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Marx Brothers New Production

TOUR FIRST

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

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

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 coast- region.

The act, to be fifty minutes in length, will include actua! scenes and comedy situations from the plcture.

With the Marx Brothers will travel a company of 25 opera singers and dancers, many of whom will be given roles in the plcture at the end of the tour,

As the scones 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 scene 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 G.B.S. PLAY

Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" and the prewar British operetta, "The Geisha," by Sydney Jones, are announced among the film produc- tions for the coming year by the Rota Film Company (says Reuter

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ABERDEENSHIRE PARKIN TERE is a recipe for an old favourite: b. flour, four oza, oatmeal, six ozs, brown sugar, mixed spice, four ozs. butter, and four oza, treacle. Mix An important development in all with buttermilk into a stiff big-screen television Is being under-dough, divide into 11⁄2 ozs. muts. taken by the Baird Company. Pre-place on a greased tin, and bake in

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TELEVISION DISPLAYS

the wiring of the Dominion Theatre, in the Gaumont-British group, for experimental purposes. It may, therefore, be the first cinemin in the world to show this new high-definition television (says the Daily Telegraph.)

An important problem to be 'solved, however, is the position of the B.B.C. relative to cinema ox- hibitors. The only regular tele- vision programmes in London will bo 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.

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HENRY HATHAWAY'S THIRD Henry Hathaway, who sprang 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 son." 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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DO YOU KNOW THAT-

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

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

Jean Hersholt some years ago directed ten "Western" pictures, with Jane Novak?

Paul Lukas studies world econ- omics between pictures and is a recognized authority on the sub- ject?

Frank Morgon was once a brush

salesman?

Elizabeth Allan makes a hobby of collecting odd bits of coloured Goerginasware?

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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.

'Monday

£300 DIVORCE DAMAGES

INCRIMINATING LETTERS

"I LOVE YOU MADLY"

A friendship of a man for a woman whom he had known as a divorce child was alleged in a suit to have been renewed after her marriage and to have cul- minated in a gulity intimacy.

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

Damages were claimed against co-respondent.

The allegations were denied by respondent and co-respondent..

Mr. and Mrs. Appicion were married at Reading in August 1924, and there are two children. All the parties belong to Read- ing..

Mr.

known Mrs. Davey had Appleton before her marriage and Mr. Appleton alleged a gulity as- sociation sometime after the mar- riage.

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

His Lordship granted a deeres nisi with costs against co-respon- dent. He gave Mr. Appleton e96- tdy of the children.

Damages are to be paid into Court within 28 days.

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PETITIONER'S CASE

Petitioner's case was that in De- cember 1933, he found 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.

Mra. Appleton and Mr. Davey gave denials on path.

Selling had begun at the usual fortnightly market on when an outbreak was discovered at Manor Farm, Shroton, belong- ing to Messrs. James and John

Summing up, Mr. Justice Lang- Mitchell. The Ministry of Agricul- 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 re-loved certain people and disbe- ceived 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,

Sixty tons of coal were ordered by the Ministry inspector, who en- gaged a local builder to employ 50 men digging trenches in the pad- dock adjoining the market yard. Few people slept in Sturminster 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 morning and proceeded until the late afternoon, there being a con- tinuous succession. of humane

hard, over-righteous person," but. said the Judge, they had not to consider that, but whether Mrs. Appleton and Mr. Davey, who was a married man with three children, had committed adultery.

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 killer shots. These were listened sentence-"I love you, madly, darl- to in gloomy silence by a crowd ing, and long to have you in my that lined the road outside the auc- arms next Thursday once again." tion yard and stood on points of vantage in the station yard oppo- think they were letters which only The jury, said the Judge, might 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 tress would be likely to write, or animals will extend over an area of they might think that, by these 15 miles radius of Sturminster letters, Mr. Davey was trying to farther Newton and Shroton and last at get Mrs. Appleton to go least 28 days,”

than she had gone before.

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This vessel doesn't carry much cargo, if any.

A bird-like expression not due to aquilino features.

15 Swiss resort here.

make one peevish? 18 Docs the truffle in ita composition 17 1 got stuck here, though. I'm to little editor.

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Article ten put before Mona's Islo simply cannot be gainsaid.

Like Queen Alexandra's ross, this flower is in only one day. 23 Shade of a tusk!

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Hy this a-substituto is employed. 18 University

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