THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 26, 1935:
WONDER 1OUR
TOUR OF NEW ZEPPELIN: ALL THE
Imperial Airways Youngest passen, ger. Baby who recently crossed Channel from Brussels to Croydon by Imperial Airways plane,
UNITED ARTISTS' TRIUMPHS
IMPOSING LINE-UP OF FORTHCOMING FILMS
COMFORTS OF A LINER
EVEN A SMOKING ROOM
LIKELY TO BE GIVEN NAME OF
"ADOLF HITLER"
Berlin, Oct. 15. THOUGH the name of Germany's now airship, the L.Z.129, is still an official secret, she is likely to be called the "Adolf Hitler."
The engineers in the giant hangar at Friedrichshafen hope to put the finishing touches on the ship by the end of November; but it is doubtful whether her maiden voyage will take place before the New Year.
Though she is not many feet longer than her im- mediate predecessor, the Graf Zeppelin, she has nearly twice the diameter. The skeleton is of duraluminium and with the exception of the stern and rudder plates she is now mounted.
Her 16 gas bags (each with
an outer and nner gas cell) will
be filled with hydrogen on the Silken Thread
first voyage; but it is hoped that
on her visit to the USA. Will Steer The
hydrogen will be replaced with the non-inflammable helium.
Queen Mary!·
The most striking change in the Interior design is that, whereas in the Graf Zeppelin the pilot's and
London, Oct. 7. passengers' rooms are in an after- gondola, the entire passenger ac- commodation in the new ship will WHEN the new ocean giant, Queen Mary, noses out into Reorganised United Art-be in the interior of the hull. ists, little troubled by the defection of Twentieth Cen- tury, is paying the way for one of the biggest years in its history.
Certainly its line-up of "U.A. and associate releases for the forthcoming season is an imposing one.
The engineers have tried to make the Atlantic on her maiden voy-' the comfort of the air traveller al-age, it is probable that no one on most as great as that of the passen-board will remember that the liner owes anything to a scam- ger in a small liner.
On "B" deck there is accommoda- tion for 50 passengers-26 small stress living.in a back street of cabins each containing two bunks, Glasgow. supplied with hot and cold water and rentrally heated.
Central Heating
Yet to Miss Edith Rankin, of Glasgow, the Queen Mary will owe her ability to stay on a true course.
and
on
On the port side is a spacious
Miss Rankin has the task of In addition to the Walt Disney and lofty dining-room with slant-
of safety glass, weaving the gossamer threads Mouse" and Sillying windows "Mickey
the diners can of silk on the magnetic compass Symphonics and other similar through which
sewing watch the landscape below. On card,
the record-breakers, United Artists
the other side of the ship is nagnetic needles. which must hos lined up a schedule of no
and a small)
be adjusted to the thousandth ess than 36 films to be screened comfortable lounge
part of an inch, A fractional In the Far East during the next library and writing room.
In the centre there is a cock-error might throw the ship six months.
tail bar at the entrance to the niles off her course. first smoking-room ever built into an airship. The passen.
Samuel Goldwyn is scheduled for six masterpieces. These are "Dark Angel", featuring Frederic March, Merle Oberon and Herbert Marshall, "Barbary Const", star-- ring Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robinson and Joel McCrea, "Shoot the Chutes", with Eddie Cantor, "Navy Bern", with Miriam Hop- kina an doel McCrea, "Splendor" with the same starring players as
Miss Rankin has specialised in
gors are not allowed to smoke this work for many years, and in any other part of the ship, compasses used by ships seat- and in this small smoking-ered throughout the seven Reas room, the walls of which are of have passed through her hands. special fire-proof material, tobacco and matches are re-
So delicately does Miss Ran-
tained in compartments within work that a silk stocking the owner's name or number. contrived by her hands would
avy Born and another, unOutside-the-umoking-rooman probably be digestible even by titled as yet, with Merle Oberon,
Reliance Films, producers of Home of the best American films
U.A.
banner, aro under the scheduled to release "Red Salute". starring Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Young, "Melody Lingers On", with Josephine Hutchinson and George Huston and "Lasf of the Mohicans", with an all-star east.
Two From Mary
Mary Pickford, who is entering
attendant will be on guard to see the most fastidious stomach. that no one passes out with a lighted cigarette, pipe or cigar,
To Carry 135plo
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The electric kitchen of the most modern type. The passenger section is arranged in two decks and thero is a gangway and a broad staircase for the passage from one deck to another.
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Mexico Makes Good Use Of Its
The ship is to be run by four Cannon
Diesel engines (giving a total of
the production field in conjunc,1,500 h.p.), each of which is to be
tion with Jesse Lasky, will make four pictures. One will "Casanova", which will star Fran- -cis Lederer.
contained in a gondola. The gon PLOUGHS TO BE MADE bedolas are attached to the hull by means of steel, girder framework and steel cables of enormous strength.
Joseph Selznick, probably the Kreatest American producer alivo to-day, is producing six films, Chief is "Little Lord Fauntleroy", which will star Freddie Bartholo- of "David Copperfield" mow, famo.
Charlie Chaplin, in addition to Times," starring in "Modern which is already completed, is directing one film, as yet un- titled, for United Artists. This will star Paulette Goddard, his leading lady in "Modern Times," "The latter is scheduled for near
ease in the Far East.
British Productions Probably the most imposing line-up of films ever to come out of British studios is scheduled for release under the United Artists banner.
The control room is in the bow, Immediately in front of the naviga- tor's room. The wireless room is inside the hull.
For short cruises, in addition to the crew of 35 which is to be ne- commodated on the lower deck amidships, the number of passen- gers can be increased to 100.
FROM OLD ARMS
OF DEATH
Mexico City, Oct. Old cannons and surplus war material will be converted into 10,000 ploughs by order of Pre- sident Lazaro Cardenas.
A decree has been issued order- Every person who has been en-ing the Administration of War gaged on the design and structure Materials to utilize the govern- of this great ship, more than 8001tment factory in manufacturing in length, is convinced that she will even surpass the marvellous record of the Graf Zeppelin.
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ward, "While Parents Sleep", with cast to be decided and "Come Out with Jack of the Pantry", Buchanan.
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agricultural implements.
The purpose of the decreo is two-fold: first, to ald the agrarinn programme of the Six-Year Plan; secondly, to give work to the 1,600 employees of the Nation- al Arms and Munitions Factory, who might soon be thrown out of "La Vio Parisionno”-
work, as practically all the money Two Continental films will also appropriated for war materials In
1935 has been spent. be released by United Artists. These are "La Vie Parisienne" The operation, which will cost (English version) and "Amateur between $50,000 to $100,000 Gentleman", playing Douglas Fair-(Mex) will be financed by the banks, Jr.
National Bank of Agricultural In addition to these films sche Credit. duled for 1935-36 release, United Artists have yet to release in Four types of ploughs, suited to Hongkong several of their 1934-36 the various regions of Mexico, will productions.
be made. Obsolete cannons and Chief of these is "Scarlet metals afrondy in the hands of the Pimpernel", starring Merle Administration of War Materials Oberon and Leslie Howard, will be used. The government which comes to the King's hopes to be able to sell the "eam- Theatre on October 25.
British Tommies, members of the Sixth Battery, Royal Artillery, embark at Southampton, England, for garrisons at Malta on the Mediterranean, and Aden, -on-the gulf bordering the Indian ocean. Meanwhile, British naval concentrations in the Mediterranean are worrying Mussolini, who has offered to divert soldiers from Libyn if Britain will take Renown and Hood away,
Strange Ill-luck of Charlie
Chaplin's Leading Ladies
HOLLYWOOD BELIEVES IN THIS HOODOO S there a bad luck spell that follows Charles Chaplin's
leading ladies?
Hollywood believes in this hoodoo.
"A Chaplin leading lady fades away once her work with Chaplin is done," is what they say.
Charlie Chaplain and his latest leading lady, Pauletto Goddard.
G-WOMAN IN
THE U.S. NOW
Virginia Cherrill, who played the blind girl with Chaplin in "City Lights," believes in it; but thinks she can break it.
She is now in London, and has been playing in a newa- paper film called "Late Extra” at Wembley.
"For five years I have been a mocking proof of this bad luck,
she said. "And I have felt no help-. less all the while. It is all so my- sterious.
"I was introduced to Chaplin at a boxing match. He was sitting be- side me, unassuming, insignificant. I did not feel greatly thrilled.
**Would you like to play in pictures?' he asked me.
"Is there any other answer on any girl's tongue but 'Yes, rather l' to such a question?
"Well, he made me a star. There were no preliminaries, no tests.
Inexperioncod
"I protested: I have had no ex- Iperience of acting! I would not know what to do.. I'd be frighten- ed.'
י
"Because you have had no ex- perience, said Chaplin, I chose you. I do not want you to know a lot of things you'd have to un- learn.'
X-RAY EYES PIERCE GANGSTERS' DISGUISES "For two years we made 'City Lights. Two years making a film whole world breathlessly
AMERICA'S first C-woman the
is bringing fear into the awaited. hearts of her Stato's criminals.
For Marie Grolt, good-looking the end of my life as a Chaplin "The showing of the film meant blonde whose X-ray eyes pierced protegee. I was free to do what Dillinger's disguise, is now head I wanted. of the Indiana Police Bureau of Criminal Identification.
"Yes," she admitted, "It is truc that I was called to Tucson, Arizo na, where they were holding Dil linger and managed to say that he was the wanted man."
"But the ill-luck fell upon me. I wondered if I should make pictures, or rather, if I would be allowed to make pic- tures.
"For two years I battled against There is nothing wonderful it. I was a year with Fox. I ap- about it; it's my job. For live peared in a few of their filma. At years now I've been classifying other times I waited-just walted fingerprints and other characteris for something to happen.
tics, and this identification racket
These productions include soven from London Films and six from British and Dominion studios. From Alexander Korda, United Artists will distribute "Sanders of the River", Edgar Wallace's famous tale, the screen version of which will star Paul Robeson, "One Hundred Years to Como", based on H. G. Wells' imaginative
is just second nature to me now." "It seemed that Chaplin had classic, "The Man Who Could
Miss Grolt's first task will be to given me a motion picture training Work Miracles," starring Roland
establish a system of duplicating too fine for the ordinary studios. Young, "The Ghost Goes West",
her 140,000 records, so that these with Robert Donat, "Cyrano de
can be forwarded to the State Bergerne, with Charles Laughton,
pasiños" (rural workers) the Identification: Bureau at Washing all Technicolour, utilising now Sinclair. Lewis's 1934. Nobel ploughs at a cost below that which ton. process), "Conquest of the Air", Literature Prize winning navol, they would ordinarily have to pay: with
"Dodsworth", all-star British cast and
has also been yet it has announced that it does "Moscow Nights," also with an acquired, and will be released in not desire to affect adversely pri- important cost:
the near future.
vate industry.
British & Dominions' contribu- tion to tlie U.A. Ine-up is almost as imposing. It includes Escapo
Charles Laughton is also scho
duled to appear in The Lion of Outside of the utilitarian ng Mayfair and Jack London's groat pects of the plough manufacturing Mo Never, with Elisabeth Borg-story of the Klondyke gold rush, programme General Cardonas de- nor, Peg of Old Drury", atarring "Call of the Wild", will co-star aires it to, stand out as a demon Anna Neagle, "Where is George", Clark Gablo,, Loretta Young and stration of Mexico's peaceful con- starring inimitable Sydney Ho-Jack Oaklo.
ditions,
She is a firm believer in the infallibility of. fingerprints.
"Criminals can dye their hair or even alter the shape of their noses and chias," she said, "but there is no getting away from finger-prints."
"Could it be, I thought, that this was the reason for the spell?
"Were we Chaplin leading ladies not ordinary film players ready to be cast in any role but Chaplin modela?
"Can that be an explanation? "Now I am in Britain. I am making a picture here. I hope to One of these days the first make other pictures here, may G-woman intends to spend a
"If the spell says I shall not find vacation in Great Britain-study-success In Hollywood, then maybe ing Scotland Yard mòthods. I can break Its power in London."
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