CINEMA NOTES
The most famous "Lady Raffles" of the screen, who made her bow Notorious two years ago in "The Sophie Lang after the character had achieved national popularity through Saturday Evening Post stories, re- turned to the Queen's Theatre to-day in Paramount's "The Return of Sophie Lang." Gertrude Michael, star of the first Sophie Lang picture, breezes her way through the present picture as "Sophie." With her ' op- Guy a cast including Sir Standing, Ray Milland, Elizabeth Patterson, Colin Tapley and other leading players...
pears
"sins of Man”
Very few of the screen's first ploneers are still active in pictures and for this reason the celebration of Jean Hersholt's thirtieth years a film actor, held on one of the huge during Twentieth Century-Fox seta the recent production of "Sins of Man," gave him added eminence in the Hollywood colony. The Country Doctor" elevated him to stardom and the stellar his superb portrayal of
Ide role in "Sins of Man" should provide him a permanent niche in Holly-
great stars. Her of wood's gallery sholt's supporting cast in "Sins of Man" is headed by Don Ameche. Darryl F. Zanuck's newest "dise The screen play was covery." written by Samuel G. Engel, based n novel by Joseph Roth. Otto Brower and Gregory Hatoff directed under the production super- vision of Kenneth Macgowan,
on
the
"Unknown Woman"
CG-
All the elements that make for fascinating motion pleture entertain- ment are paraded nevoss the screen of
Majestic Thentre where Columbia's "Unknown Woman" fea- turing Marlon Marsh, Richard Crom- well and Douglas Dumbrille, opened yesterday. A delightful story young love with an unusual back- ground that whiris from cyclonic, dangerous action and intrigue to up- roarious comedy. "Unknown Woman" touches capably virtually every human emotion,
"Road Gang"
of
"Road Gang." slowing t the Oriental Theatre on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, is a picture that will linger long in the memory of every one who sees . This is a siory of dellberate inhumanity practiced by crooked politleinns
callous guards upon helpless prisoners, and if the film depicts actual conditions, hs it is
is supposed to
used to do, it proves that
and
the day of the whipping post, the torture chamber and other almost unbelievable per
persecutions, is still with us. The scenes depleted in "Road Gang" make one's blood
boli
makes one shuttler to think that human beings could be subjecteil fo such conditions. Yet despite the terrifying aspect of the portion of the picture, the subject itself. well as the pictureque quality of scenes, makes it one of vital interest to everyone. There are plenty
of the
THE HONGKONG ·TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1936.
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YESTERDAY
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PRICES
LATEST CABLED
QUOTATIONS
New York Colton
CHINA COTTON & YARN CO.,
brokers for
CHINESE COTTON AND YARN as dealt by the
Chinese Cotton Goods Exchange Ltd.,
of Shanghai:
DAILY CABLE QUOTATION SERVICE
Room No. 107.
ENQUIRIES INVITED
11.47/48 11,05/08 11.49/40
Bank of East Asia Building.
11.05/66
11.52n
11.00/60
11.06/58
11.73/78
11.02/62
11.00/60
11.04/04 11,67
Swan, Culbertson & Fritz Dow
The following quotations on the Jones summary of yesterday's mar New York commodity exchange are ket-Prices to-day advanced
Sicels issued by Reuter. favourable business reports. and ralls were featured in the early rise and the tlcker for the first hour of business was one minute behind, October after which the market became more | December efte orderly. Prices were well maintain-January cd despite some profit-taking and March other groups joined the rally, trading May increasing on advance mall orders. July
menis Amusements Motors And
both Spot advanced, while utililes also swung into action late in the session, with Consolidated Edison leading the up-September word trend. Farm implements, resi October.. ed, while coppers gained slightly. December. Oil shares responded only meagrely January to the improved statisties in the eil March
The bonds market was lay industry, higher, while stocks on the Curb Ex-July change were also higher.
New York. Rubber
11.80/80 12.05
16,30b/4in 16.35b/391 16.43n
20.00/50 16.60m
16.05/05
10.400
16.52/52
16.58M 10.63/83
10,07b/758 16.801
Total sules:-020 tons.
Chicare Wheat
S. C. & F. New York office cables: Stocks: The market to-day re- Beted a certain amount of prost- September 100%/100% taking, but traders are hullish on December 1074/1074 after-holiday prospects The price of May. 105/100 Pittsburgh steel scrap advanced by $1. per ion to the highest level since September of 1920.
Cotion:
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APPEAL MADE BY CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Acting on the advice of its Trade Recovery Enquiry Committee, the
Chamber Chinese
Commerce recently, wrote to the public willty companies of Hongkong asking for a reduction of electricity, gas and telephone rates. The matter ogain come up for discussion nt the monthly meeting of the Chamber S. C. & F. Wall Street Journal yesterday afternoon. The chair was purning comment:-"The third garnertpied by Mr. Li Sing-kul, sup- ter of the current year will do the
ported by the vice-Chairman, Mr. bea financial quarter in the Power J. M. Wong, and the Secretary. Mr. Industry Sinep 1930. Brukers say . Y. Tso. that there is greater interest in certain raptor-arerstory Irsties.
The Secretary Informed the meet- Movie shares are discounting the ing that replies had been received expected Autumin attendance
from the Hongkong Electric Com- Brukers are of the opinion pany, China Light and Power & Co..] that inerchandising shares will bed and longkong and China Gas more popular during September. Co., Ltd. All the answers were Some professional traders are buy ng Montgomery, Ward isspes "
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30 Industrials
20-Ruils
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54.02.
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thrills in these scenes including terrifle battle between prison guards and convicts in the bowels of the earth, the blasting of a mine tunnel
the negative, and the companies ex- plained that they themselves were i also affected by the trade depression low rate of exchange. and the They considered that a reduction was not justilled.
The Chamber is now waiting for reply from the Hongkong Tele- phone Company. It is understood: that the Chamber at a later date will take up the whole matter with the Chinese unofficial members of the Legislative Council.
At the conclusion of the meeting
new members were admitted during
by prisoners in their efforts to escape RADIO INTERFERENCE the Secretary announced that five und their bombardment with machine guan and gas bombs,
-Two-Fisted"-
Lee Tracy, after a mucit too long absence from the screen, comes back to win new Inurels in Paramount's "Two Fisted," sparkling comedy romance of the lively adventures of two lowbrows who break into high- brow
society, which came to the Star Theatre
"Two Fisted" is screen adaptation of an original story by James Gleason and and pletures the
-a roll sterday:
breezy Tnhos
meeting with Park Avenue crushes them Into the
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events of a prize fighter
hter caused by domestle and electrical, the King to the Chairman of the appliances and equipment, he suld, Cunard-White Star line on the re- chance and his dumb pug when n
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playboy swanky 400 via the butler Grace Bradley makes a particularly route. fetching feminine foil for Karns' clumsy wooing while Gali Patrick is appropriately attractive and
poised
as the harassed young socfety matron whose husband, Gordon Wescott, manages to make life pretty miser- able for her, preventing her ultimate happiness with G. P. Huntley, Jr. a fine, unstanding young Englishmon who makes a small part outstanding.
TIN RESTRICTION
SHARP LONDON COMMENTS ON HIGH PRICE
London, Sept. 2. The present price of tin is possibly too high, suggests the Financial News. The paper points out that the price is bolstered up by the growing bellef that restriction will be renewed and the realization that stocks have fail- ed to expand ∙nt. the rate justified by the present production quota, but it emphasises that the Belgian Congo quota, though tentatively ixed, must yet be passed by various coun- tries concerned,
suggests
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accumulation of Bolivian 'arreurs and the unseen ex- pansion of consumers' stocks.
fact that apparent, pro- The very duction is not expanding us untici- pated indicates therefore that the
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