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Charlie Chaplin Is Returning To H. K.: May Attend- "MODERN TIMES" PREMIERE ON MAY 5

LONDON RAVES

ABOUT IT

HERE IS ALL THE NEWS. ABOUT THE MOST EAGERLY AWAITED FILM IN YEARS. ARRANGEMENTS HAVE NOW BEEN COMPLETED FOR RE- LEASING CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S ""MODERN TIMES" IN HONG-

KONG.

The film will be shown at the King's Theatre. There will be a gala premiere on Tuesday, May 6, and it will run for a week thereafter. There is every possibility that Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks, together with their parties, will attend the gala premiere.

Neither have yet seen the pic ture. Chaplin was to attended the Hollywood premiere but at the Inst moment was called away..

He told me when he was hero last that he had not yet seen it, said he would "sooner or later."

Although both Charlie Chaplin and Dougins Fairbanks are due

hero before the film is released for general exhibition, they should both be here for the premiere, as they

Chaplin seems pleased with himself. Camera caught him tefe phoning ashore from liner President Coolidge on holiday trip to Hongkong.

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Who was of-

-THE STAGE-

"the other end-

OLD FAVOURITES ARE

MAINSTAY OF NEW

A.D.C. SHOW

rehearsals for "Lover's Leap" are progressing at

of the wirel

RECORDS

Tauber-Top Notes And Noiseless

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intend staying in the Colony for A.D.C. re hempo, everything points to excellent enter these crooning days I hardly daro

some days.

The picture is described by London tainment for theatrically-starved Hongkong on Wednes- popular public taste-to mention the critics as the best Chaplin has over day, Thursday, Friday, Saturday next week.

made.

miere:

re-

to

forgotten art of vocalism.

But the dance-song-writers having apparently gone into a buddle over the problem of how best to imitate "Music Goes Round and Around," the way is left open by their temporary silence.

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Read what Selon Margrave of the In charge of production is tall, theatricals in fact that Jane Weller Daily Mail said of the London pro- good-looking E. G. Smith-Wright, has come under eyes of A.D.C., re- who is also taking leading role in ceives her first big theatrical part in With sub-titles like "Dawn," "Time play. Made Hongkong debut, both forthcoming "Lover's Leap". She l

one of Y's leading lights, Marches on to Late Afternoon," and a producer and actor, last year in

"Musical Chaira", playing role of several successes, notably In

Y.BI.C.A., incl. "Her Two

Best vocal disc for some time is Charlie Chaplin in "Modern

Sisters-img" consumptive near-do-well so well that year's Pantomime. recalls meinories of many of his he stole entire play. When Mr. dentally contributed Jack Grenham

Smith-Wright left Shanghai and came to Philharmonie's fast production, Richard Tauber's "Mondnacht" (Far- earlier films in which he mixed senti- to Hongkong, it was northern city's has previously given Hongkong many lophone RO20207), one of the love- ment and slapstick in popular perfec- loss in amateur theatricals, Colony's fine players.

llest things that Schumann ever wrote tion.

decided acquisition.

in sadly romantic mood. Tauber has Name, Walter Sinclair is unknown Brilliant Sequences

lately been doing the robustor com Cant of "Lover's Leap" is top-notch to newer Hongkongoans. But

ing the noisy, as you prefer—and this "Modern Times" is not so compact one. In addition to Smith-Wright, local residents of the twenties it was

marks a return to good singing. In structure as "City Lights" or "The there's Helen Prior, backbone of many one synonymous with all that has Gold Rush," but individual sequences previous

been best and greatest In local A.D.C. productions,

Schumann's "Der Nussbaum" L Sinclair produced some often rise to brilliant heights.

membered with especial delight for theatricals.

the reverse. Cyril of the most magniflesat plays ever performance opposite fine The foreword announcing the Champkin in "Fresh Fields" further seen in Hongkong, and was theme as "Humanity crusading in back, for tremendous success in "Mid- doubtedly one of our leading actors. search of happiness" need deceive no one. In no time at all the film settles de Watch", which was produced by To-day he in Director-Producer at

Cmdr. Hole. Her last performance Little Theatre in Denver, Colorado. down to its job of being a smashing was in "Musical Chairs," comedy smashing. Impartially cranks, craniums, and cops with the A.D.C. have also been well-served star vacillating between a factory, 2 by Fay Grossman, whose association prison, a cafe, a dream cottage, and with Hongkong's amateur theatricals a misemble alianty.

dates back to days of famed Walter Sinclair. Mrs. Grossman firat be came associated with A.D.C. as Ward robe Mistress, when Sinclair produced "The Tempest", in 1022. "St. Joan", other notables. Her first stage pearance was as Mistress Popra well-remembered Papya play, next as wife in "Dover Road," her last in "Fresh Fields."

The film gets cleanly into its stride with an elaborate sequence demons trating an automatic feeding machine designed to make a luncheon hour unnecessary in a workshop.

As the victim of the first demon stration Charlie presents a brilliant variation of the immortal custard pie comedy, and in rapid succession we have a good old-fashioned chase, an oikcan used as a weapon of de- fence and offence, and a prison riot, with a resounding banging of heads on a steel door.

The dream cottage has oranges and grapes and milk laid on, while the shanty collapses at all sorts of delici ously humorous moments. The fun in the department store is superb extravaganza, and the scenes in the cafe are delightful.

While "Modern Times" doen not have the shape or form which builds to a climax, it is a generous enter-

un-

Those who are anxious to know more about A.D.C.'s forthcoming production will find script volume "Famous Plays of 1834-35; published, I think, by Victor Gollancz. Ite sheer humour makes it almost farcical, eleverness relying not so much in theme as in wit and sparkle of dialogue and in

Hongkong's its excellent acting qualities, qualities

which

king fall advantage.

amateurs BTC

Even at this early stage, bookinga at Andersons are rapidly filling In' the little squares on the box-office ground for amateur plan with red pencil crosses,

Proving that European in good stamping

Talking of TALKIES

TAKE A PINK TICKET

FOR "STRIKE ME PINK”

King's To-day.

talment packed with a succession of BECAUSE Eddie Cantor makes only one picture a year, you never

irresistible incidente.

Dialogue is cleverly used by the bass of the factory to Indicate menace, and by the salesmen of the fooding machine on 1 gramophone record, while the star uses nonsense words with excellent effect in the scones in which he is a singing waiter who has forgotten his words.

have a chance of getting tired of his saucer eyes, clapping hands and black make-up. In any case Eddie has discarded the latter in "Strike Me Pink". Probably because he wouldn't feel at home without something on his face, opportunity is given him at one stage in the picture to cover himself with lard, or something equally messy, in an endeavour to get rid of "warts."

In this last respect, however, Chap. certain maments-such as that in in's voice is merely a counterpoint which the star dives disastrously into to his marvellous pantomime.

Freedom of Revue

shallow water-which will linger

more pleasurably in the memory than others less near to perfection.

The verdict of filmgoers will be un In those brilliant passages--of doubtedly for Charlie, but since the which there are many-the unique

und setting to film moves from another with the freedom of a revuo gifts of Charlie Chaplin shine through for their Bako there will be certain sequences-such undimmed." and an that of the feeding machine--and "Modern Times" must be judged as

a magnificent entertainment..

Readers Write. One Has

Another Kick In The Pants For Our Broadcasters

Our

TERE another kick, in the pants were available. I've written to the Herz. The usual tiffin-time Secretary, enclosed stamps, but so

programme ends at 2.15 pm. (on far have had no reply. Can you tell Sundays, 2.30) To-day (Tuesday), Afr: Nelson finished speaking to te how I can get these programmes?.

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Jetarians at 2.5 p.m., and the an A.HE. (Linchow) -ZBW informa me rounder Immediately shut down. advance programmes available, fort- Why not have had the voto of "thanks, nightly az from Apr. 1; can be ab- or at least Banother nine minutes tained at 35 p.a., postage paid from

Secretary, Hongling Broadcasting Advance Programmes Commitee, or at ten cants each from NOME time ago you indicated that any music dealers. For balance of

avanca programmos, for ZBW 1930 char 48 $3.

Tauber's rival, Jan Kiepura, is leas well sorvéd, Messrs. Stolz and Marischka being not so good at song- writing as Schumann; but Klepura's "Give Me Your Heart To-night" is a good enough ballad for the easily pleayed. (Parlophone RO20208.)

Conchita Supervia-and what u lovely name-has a manly mezzo- soprano. If you like mezzo-sopranos you should like the couple of Spanish ditties which Parlophono puf. out, numbered R020200, "Cancion del Paje" and Turina's "Cuntarca" are their names, but don't worry about that

Finally, a Lettish choir imprinte upon two double-sides a tremendous dose of majestic gloom from "Boris Godounov." If you want a shy guest at your party to take instantly to cocktails, put a couple of these choruses on your gramophone; they. numb you with disconsolate despair.

DAVENTRY

Richest Man In World May Broadcast.

BROADCASTING thrills ahead D from Daventry,.. First, the Throughout the first two-thirds of voice of a man worth more than the picture, Eddie Cantor, as Eddle £150,000,030 may speak to you on Pink, & timid amusement-park mana-

Empire Day, The voice of the ger embroiled with slot-machin Nizam of Hyderabad, richest man

of racketeers, gives * fair Imitation

in the world. News follows the Chaplin's famed characterisation of

a peewee battling gelly against over-statement, made last month, that whelming destiny. The latter third of the Nizam had bought twenty the plcture is a chase in the classic thousand radio sets for his sub-

Jects. Keystone tradition.

Arrangements are brewing, I understand, for the Nizam to send mesange of loyalty to the King on behalf of the Indian. Princes. Will broadcast from one of his six Day palaces, Daventry's Empire programme.

What makes "Strike Me Pink" slightly, superler to its more recent [predecessors in the series of pictures made by Cantor and Goldwyn is not 50 much the elaborato production numbers, in which the Goldwyn Girls function as decoratively as usual, but the activities of an ani- mated young woman named Ethe Merman who sings all three of the NEXT double thrill on Derby Day. show's best songs: "Firat You Have Wednesday, May 27. From 11 to Me High, then you Have Me Low' "Shake It Off With Rhythm", "Cala bash Pipe". "Strike Me Pink" is the week-end's best first release. V

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11.15 pm. H.KT you will hear the Derby and announcement of winner. Then, before you've time to reckon up your losses, FOOTNOTE: Eddle Canter bold new you'll be over to Southampton-for the paper in the New York streete sa 'a kid, waa departure of the Queen Mary. Twenty dlacharged from his mark" JobWall Street microphones and a platoon of B.B.C. madengey boy-because he made the other: officials will be going hard to bring employees laugh loa aurk· Crashed the slage atth soon afterwards was promoted to sing the scene to your cars. Ing waltie Ina Coney Island: beze-garden,, Pangkepun

it and appeared in electric lightsabers

Koini:

that of the great Ziegfeld in 1927-the art On April 20, at 5 am H.KT., and last stage star to be so honored." Recant Max Beerbohm back ont LimeWhospis "Palmy: Dayna “Kid from air. Brilliant talker. Mode his Colsbested and irthday konur Japany Spain" "Reman Scandala", "Kid Million”.

first radio appearance six weeks

Are Yown-up Naughters, e sené Ethai Intevisiting London" less has and Cridleg and enlespreuke twenty-five years soloumn in Italy.. Kerman, wag, familar; 16: Now, York sime series. Had Just returned from BEZWOTL CAFEST, Walli. Birika Mu Pink" tn. * Rich who:Comen: ints? be awego lekarkanderas This talk to be on "Speed. He hates

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