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THE HONGKONG TELEORATIU SATURDAY," MAY 18" 1016.

ENTERTAINMENT PAGE

Astaire and

are still

"the top"

Follow the Fleet

ALHAMBRA

ERE is a model for musicals. A simple, coherent story.

HERE

In which the most popular starring team of the moment behave like human beings. Half a dozen song- and-dance hits introduced naturally, without a blonde, battleship, or a blue-jacket more than is strictly necessary to the story.

A successor to a long line of naval forces without

a breach of naval conventions that would cause a flut-

ter in the thickest Admiralty moustache.

Director Mark Sandrich has made an effort to produce a new Astaire-Rogers 8lm that is not merely A new version of "Top Ifal" and "Roberta," and has › succeeded in providing another good setting for the tops, tunes, charm and looks which Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Irving Berlin have made their specialities.

No top hat this time

Fred leaves off his top hat and his white tie for bell-bottomed trousers, and a perk-ple cap throughout the film. A more engagingly Irresponsible, aplndly- shanked, gum-chewing son of the sea you never met. Ha demonairates ngain that in spite of a lack of con- ventional masculine attributes, he can pul across more purely masculine charm in unmanly pastimes of sing- ing and dancing than any bearded he-man outside of the Italian Air Force.

As for Ginger-well, the girl gets better every time. Whether singing "Let Yourself Go" after a ginss of bicarbonate of soda or doing a Nervo-and-Knox burles- que of Astaire-und-Rogers, she shows a sure grasp of comedy which puts her in the Astaire class on her own. The Astaire-Rogers combination have established, a class in musical shows of their

"Follow the Fleet" shows they are sill at the top of it.

OWNL

(SONGS you will be whistling soon: "Here Am I, Where Are You?" "I'm Putting All My Eggs in Ond Basket," "Let's Face the Music and Dance"--and pro- bably "Let Yourself Go," "We Saw the Sea" "I'd Rather Lead a Band". "Get Thee Behind Me, Satan.")

"WIFE VERSUS

SECRETARY"

-Current, King's

MYRNA Loy, the little "rebel,"

Rogers

HOLLYWOOD BLONDES

ENTER THE BONDS

STAR OF THE WEEK: FRED ASTAIRE

Ginger Rogers has

been Star of, the Weck 10 often that we simply must, be fair to Freddy "Fairyfcct" Astaire and give him a well-deserved break. Lots of people say that without Frod, Ginger would have still been pick- ing, daisies. You'll like him just as much in "Follow the Flect" as did in "Top Hat," "Gay Divorcee," and a host of others..

you

-OF MATRIMONY

Jean Harlow, who has left "IF you saw that brunette or that red-head on the Star Ferry or at the blonde standard, and Clark the Gripps tea dances or elsewhere in the Colony during the Gable are the eternal triangle in past week, and you looked puzzled and tried to remember where this best hit of the week-end, you'd met such snappy lookers, and wondered whether you should

speak to them or not. plot of which ran through the Telegraph as a short serial last week.

Myrna i the wife: Jean the Secretory.

Let me introduce them.

They're all that remains of the famous Hollywood Blondes, who took the Gripps by storm about a year ago. Remember them?.

All six were "blonde" when they Lealle Brighton is also flashing a were here before. But now, with diamond.

I pinned all my hopes on Holly

The film is a result of Myrna Loy's four distinct sighs of relief (twa Molcod, the blonde-turned-brunette first rebellion against the plots given were actually blondes) they'vo jender for whom I had a soft spot in to her by Hollywood directors. Her gone back to an naturel.

BEST OF THE NEW RECORDS

A recent - Párlophone rècord made by the laté Conchita Super- via is well worth buying for its charm aa dinținct from melancho- ly value as a mentonto.

Two Spanish konga-one by Tarina-ard on this small diso, numbered RO 20209, and record the dend coloratura's voice in mgro simple mood than Italian opera demanded of her.

Here are four pood danca re- cords that I pick from the spate of current stock.

ON a

"Swing" and "If You Love Ma" my heart when she was here last,

Decca disc ( 5210) are Don't tell me you've gone and-get-typically smooth Ambrose ver engaged since I saw you last," I said

Three of the "Blondes have been second rebellion occurred only a in Hongkong for the past week,

They leave for Hollywood by N.Y.K. Liner to-morrow morning

Alna! The Hollywood Blondes are "I was engaged before I met you."

short while ago.

Her real name is Myrna Williams. She is of Welsh descent, the daughter of a Montana farmer. She can blame friend Cupid.

no longer a team. For which you

is friendly and freckled, natural and simple.

The sextello took the Far Eastern

a to her the other day,

Oh, no!" she replied cheerfully,

specic of homo sapiene so much by Bergner

storm, in fact, that there's not n whole heart left amongst them.

When they were in Hongkong lost

Sho was stupidly "typed" as n Blant-eyed exotic from practically they made vows of eternal celibacy.

Thoroughly bearing out the old

Signs 5-Year

every country cast of Suez. From adage that a woman can change her Contract

this film folly she was salvaged by mind, the whole six have either gone. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's putting her and got married or are flashing the into pictures like "The Thin Man" diamond ring that denotes that two PLISABETH BERGNER is off and "Wife versus Secretary". They hearts are about to be made into enc.

herself.

There is a theory of acting which claims that any great actor can play

to Hollywood. Just as soon Marjorie Marshon was married at as her physician gives her per- made her a star by presenting her to Bourabaya, Shirley Roberts took the mission to leave bed she sails plunge at Colombo. Eleanor Wallon became engaged at Scurabaya, and with her husband for California by all reports is already married. to recuperate and to meet Charlie

And the three now in dlongkong 1 Maureen Dunlop is engaged to a Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Fair- any part. In formal acting that may British resident of Batavia, and in banks senior, and other producer be true, but in the natural style making a flying trip home to see her members of the United Artists needed to give reality to flim drama people before she settles down to the best acting is done by those domestic bliss..

players who are so aptly cast that'

they do not appear to act.

After her little difference with Metro Inst year regarding money and art Myrna is back in the current altraction at the King's with a back- ing cost as deserved us was William Powell in "The Thin Man".

Arlen Plays In British

Golf Title

If you don't like the picture there's MEET America's first film

something

mentality.

wrong about your flin

“FRISCO KID” Current Queen's

Lindsay.

challenger for the British

Amatour Golf Championship- Mr. Richard Arlen, film star.

After spending eleven years with- out a break portraying upright young

men

group.

During her illness in London Ber- guer was not idle; ale has been seeing film magnates. One she saw (Sani Goldwyn) persuaded here to sign on the dotted line to mako all her pictures for the next five for United Artists. She will probably make them all in England. The first pictures have already been Lhree picked.

(1) "The Boy David,” by Sir

James Barrie.

(2) "St. Joan," by Bernard

Shaw.

inoffensive vocal

•

siona with garniaking,

"There Ten't Any Limit to My "Love" and "This'll - Make You Whistle" are two Biord tunes fram the Ambrose stable, with no Decca attempt at hot playing.

is numbered F. 1922. On the other hand, "Mame Don't Allow "

by the Mound City Blue Blowers in the kind of recent suitable for playing dur ing early stages of a cocktail party. Noisy, and gives a fair imitation of an express train. Decco issue it, numbered § 5905. "That's What You Think," by Brunswick (00167-4) in a dance record in the smart New York manner. Orchestra belongs

to pent called Red MeKenzio.

Regal Zonophone accomplish interesting feat of finishing Schubert's "Unfinished Syn- phony"

Recand side of one, small disc numbered MR2031. Quite

the

a good potted version. Not Gubbins fans shottid relish mother Regal, "Cool Crikey! Cool Blimaduck! the Two Lealien have put on to a disc numbered MR. -2034.

which

For piano lovera thero is a Columbiadise (LX 480) with Walter Gleacking playing two

Dobnaey gontic

fragments, "Soiree Daun Grenade"! and "Ro flola Dans L'Eau."

(3.) "The Fattie Lady of the Big YOU

Houve by Jack London.

Eyebrows will be cocked over this

PICKED

for Paramount in Hollywood, list. In the first place Bergner is THESE Mr. Arlen decided to please himself supposed to be making a play of Tho Roy David for Mr. Cochran. It is film or

for a change.

do.

line-up

First thing was to take Mrs. Arlen not now certain whether the PICTURES WITH "The Frisco Kid", cur-

rent attraction at the (Jobyna Ralston), and Richard Arlen the play will como firat.

Here'a. imposing Junr. to England for a holiday two

If Bergner returns from Hollywood", Queen's, we are back on the years ago, tie also took golf-clubs, in time for the play to go into pro- of Old Favourities, chosen by Barbary Coast in the vigorous Now Mr. Arlen la back again to duction in the autumn there is little popular vote, which will definite- company of James Cagney, ably make the interior-sequences of the possibility of the film getting under ly be screened at Star Theatre, asalsted by lovely Margaret Geumont-British film of the CPR way before 1937, for she is not strong shortly:

"The Great Divide"-plus the golf enough to "double" as many actresses clubs.

"THIN MAN" -DEE This is the difficulty. In America. The second point is that the British

"DAVID COPPERFIELD" In favour this Olm is rather like Mc. Arlen has a handicap of plus censor has already had so much to say

"TELL ME TO-NIGHT" "Barbary. Const", which had Edward two and plays around with Walter about Mr. Shaw's 51. Jonu ng screen NAUGHTY MARIETTA" G. Robinson and Miriam Hopkins In Hogen. He has entered for the material that Mr. Shaw has sald

"IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT the cust

British Amateur Championship at roundly that the film will either bo

"DACK STREET” St. Andrews and is determined to produced as he writes it, or not at all, "GAY_DIVORCEL It is frankly melodrama; occasion- play. The Championship starts to Bergner will have been using that

"BARRETTS OF Hongkonga censore. Cagney ploys Sald Mr. Asien, ail smiles and has pereunder our senior dermatit famous chama to, good effect if she

STREET DVSCARLET. PIMPERNEL? with more restraint than is usual in handshaltes, recently: "Sounds funny to out his words.

All of these, pictures are avall» his pictures, and loses nothing by for a film star, but it's golf first at doing so."?

Jack London 200ms to be 0.K., ablo If your patronage warrante -flie moment with me."

though.

other Old Favourites will follow.

WIMPOLE

SPARE MOMENT CORNER

Why you are tall, brave, moody

it's all due to your glands

TWELVE little glands con-

tain your destiny. They determine your hair, eyes, teeth, colour, skin and skele- ton, as well as your intellect, emotions, moods, temper and instincts.

These "endocrine" glands all have the power of taking certain materials from the blood and using them to manufacture special fluids. called hormonts, which are then released into the blood stream to mould your life.

POEM-

Spring, the sweet Spring, in the year's pleasant king; Then blooms cach thing, then maids danco in a ring," Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing- Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, 1o-witla-woo! The palm and may yuko country houses gay, Lamba frisk and play, the shepherds 'pipa' all day, And wo hour ago birds tuue this merry “laym

Cuckoo, jug-jug, puree, to-witta-woo! The firida breathe west, the daisies kiss our feet, Young lovers meel, old wives a-sunning sil In every atreet these tunes our ears'do grert-

Cuckoo, jup-jug, nu-we, lo-willa-woo!,

Spring, the sweet Spring!

THOMAS NASIE.

In "The Glands of Destiny" responsible for growth. Glants emotions and no outlet, and mental (Heinemann, 10s. 6d.), published and dwarfs are cursed respectively breakdown follows, ・・ In London this month, Dr. lvo

Geikie Cobb explains how and why with over and under active pitul. this linppens.

tary glands.

The human race is divided into If You Have Ideas five types, every type dominated

by one kind of gland.

(1) Thyroid personalities.

The thyroid gland слився

1

Pituitary personalities are ng- gressive, precocious, calculating, often and self-contained. They

alight swolling on either side of have brilliant Ideas, the Adam's apple. It consists of

(4) Sex gland personalities,

Sex glands have more varied functions than most people think. They give a man his drive and courage, and a woman her feminino qualities.

(5) Thymus personalities.

The thymus is a gland situated in the chest. It has been estab- lished that it is essential to normal

People lacking in pituitary are growth and mental development,

two lateral lobes connected by a small, lack stamina, self-control, isthmus; and weighs about one

ounge.

If You Stay Young

(3) Adrenal personalities.

:

The two adrenal glands are

and is supposed to be the dominant gland of childhood. In later years It ought to fade away.

about the size of beans, and are Preventing Rickets

A shortage of three and a half situated one above each kidney..

Men who suffer from thymus grains in the thyroid secretion makes all the difference between They are the glands of emer- domination are feminine in appear- intelligence, and idiocy. Fortun- gency which strengthen us to meet ance, their cheeks and smooth, and

their tastes artistic, ately thyrold defleleney can be a sudden shock. mado good.

The typical adrenal personality

Other endocrine glands are the People with plenty of thyroid is small, hairy, and successful in four parathyroids, situated near are essentially feminine or mascu- practical affairs. Adrenal women the thyroid and concerned with the line, Their love. affairs are many, are often brunetics who tend to retention of lime. salts in the body.. und continue into advancing years, develop masculine qualities, in- Lack of lime salts brings rickets.. They stay young, and are un- cluding a small moustache, troubled by middle-aged spread.

On the other hand, the thyrold deficient is a martyr to discase,

premature old age, and adiposity,

(2) Pituitary personalities.

Mental Breakdown

Neurasthenia and' certain forms

The pen-sized pinent gland is situnted in the brain, and is be- lived to be prominent during adolescence.

troubles. Adrenal glands prepare in making up your endocrine pat- of shell-shock are due, to adrenal All these glands play their part

mon to fight with their bodies, but tern. The relative Importance of The pituitary gland lies in a smolt usually in modern warfare they their parts is determined by here- plt at the base of the brain. It is can only bit and wait. Pent-up dity, diet, climate, sail, and water,

He needs

your care

at this age just as much as in his early days.

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