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CINEMA NOTES

QUARRY BAY SCHOOL

"PYRAMUS: AND THISHE” NY

YOUNG CHILDREN

1

The many parents and friends who Director William Wyler's collah for attended the annual prize-giving of malism has abated somewhat, thanks the Quarry Bay School yesterday to an experience he had during the evening were very pleasantly enter Alming of Samuel Goldwyn's "These tained by the children, who presented Three" in which Miriam Hopkins, a musical programme of choruses, Merle Oberon and Joel McCrea, aceton, the Headmistress, and producer dances and songs. Miss G. M. Cot- currently

at the King's Theatre. "The

starring" was the the various numbers, deserves

rector terse

's te occation.

400,0

of

About

congratulations" on the success of her of the buzzing little beggars.

pupils, who

ho kept the audience

Jaugh.. We were shooting a sequence on performance.

ing and applauding throughout the the Goldwyn back lot-Joel McCres was ·Lady Caldecott, wife of His Ex- supposed to be robbing a hive hidden

the Governor, who cellency under the cover of a barn of the prizes, was met on her arrival, presented honey. Using real bees seemed like with Mr. 11. J. Cruttwell, Private

of realism and we had a nice touch

Secretary to His Excellency, by Miss. bee-man (which is nothing like Cotton and conducted to her sent G-Man) from his aplary. The bees

Ferhaps the best and most enjoy-

л

were supposed to swarm over Jockable item on the programme was the who was protected by a leather

other play, "Pyramus and Thisbe," which gauntlets and a heavy vell. care just before the distribution of acunately,

had not taken into the prizes.This.... heart-rending consideration that these bees were tragedy," enacted in the best Shakes- novices at acting and had no respect pearlan tradition, aroused roars of whatever for their director's com laughter, and everyone of the young mands. About dozen of them

warmed over Joet. The other 350,- actore did well. 388 mude directly for Cameraman the merry climax of this plece, and Gregg Teland, the staff members and surely, none could have died as well

Well, to

to put it briefly, we as Peter Kimm, who made, a lively serummed The scones were even-Thisbe, and David ... Odell, whose tually made, of

course, but this theatrical suicide as Pyramus de- served fully the applause it evoked.

The full programme was:

time the tro

brave director was safely installed on hihop a hundred yards away, while Tolnud and his crew operated under a blanket of netiing."

The "deaths" of the two lovers was

Carols, "Jere We Come A

These Three" is release 20" "50e Amid The Winter

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"ilamona"

The current outstanding event in the film work is the presentation of Helen Hunt Jackson's Immortal love

idylli "Ramon," produced by 20th Century-Fox in the new perfected Technicolour, showing fat the Queen's Theatre to-day.

The cast

"Ye Would Hear The Sing," Classes 7, 8 & 0. Song. "Ten Little Nigger Boys" Class 10.

Band, Anitra's Dance. In The Hall Of The Mountain Kings. Classes 7 & 8.

Golliwogy, Claus 9.

Poem, The Nancy Bell, (Me, Jack Strange), (The Cook, Jack Mackie), Class B.

Dance, The Hornpipe.

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From Band, St. Paul's Steeple. Andonte In F. Lillibullero, Classes D

of thousands featuring Lorella Young and Don Ameche, includes such brilliant players as Kent Taylor, Pauline Frederick, Jane Darwell,

"Victor Mille, Katherine De

Kilian and John Carradine, As long as & 10. two years ago, preparations were Carols, Cuckoo, The Rocking Carol, begun for the

picturisation of Class 9. this beautiful love story. Darryl 9.

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Song, Three Little Kittens, Class 10. Plny, The Shocking Tragedy Pyramus and Thisbe Class 7: Pro- Ingue, Michael Proulx; Pyramus, David Odell; Thiste. Peter Kimm.

Presentation of Prizes by Lady Caldecott,

"

Zanuck, Twentieth Century-F studio production chief, spent nearly an entire year in search of the per- feel tamono. Scores of

eligible players were tested for the role of Alessandro, Ramona's great love, and it finally went to Don Ameche. This rising young actor, appeared to have all the qualifications necessary to play the pact. He has A splendi

Class 7.1, Kenneth Stone (Schn- voice, as has been attested by his previous success on the radio. He is urship): 2, Dlana Warren: Home-

feel

tall and decidedly the work Prize, Margaret Hume. athlete

type. Ills

the Class 1, Dennis Padgett: screen in

completely Michael Proulx.

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the

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The prize-winners were:

2,

justifies his selection for the part: Clusz Marjerio · Siarling: Pro- "Ramona" was filmed in the beauti-gress Prize. Margaret Morgan.

ful Sun Jacinto mountain meadow Class 10. (Kindergarten),-Class Innd of Southern California, the Prize, Dick Richle.

netual spots where Ramona and Allesandro lived and loved many years ago, as described in. the story.

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Octavas Roy Cohen, "They Met na niece of King Christian of A Taxi"

Alfred directed by Was Green

Denmark, and there is Frederica from the

screen play by Howard J. Green. The story reof Brunswick-Luneburg, twenty-

plight

of charming year-old granddaughter of the who is accused of stealing.nl

Trenton (Fay Wray), a a dress ex-Kaiser, and great-great necklace from an heiress bride anddaughter of Queen Vic

volves about the

toria:

The Citizen strikes back at the hid-

den terror of rat controll

FRED STONE

Grand

Jury

wiele modeling the wedding dressThese ladies are practically A thrilling

in n

ful of police, Fay escapes from the the only eligibles among. Euro- apartment and seeks refuge

a toxi driven by Jimmy Donlin,

bpean royalty. played by Chester Morris. He believes her when she tells him she is an heiress

seeking to escape marriage, and Nothing would have delighted takes her to his apartment. When the romantically minded British Morris discovers the hoax he wants public more than for King to throw Miss Wray out of his

Edward to fall in love and givo,

apartment but he can't for two rea-,

Cio das MESSAGERIES MARITIMES sons. First, he's in love with the thema Queen: He has un-

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girl, and secondly, the stolen neck-doubtedly fallen in love but lace is discovered hidden in the folds whether he will give England aUCTURE of the wedding gown. Morris en- lists the aid of his pals, Lionel Queen is a problem that is to- Stander

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earns his Ulving writing society news last things he is likely to do ls.

for a newspaper. They plan to re- to make a marriage of political

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ok society who really stole the neck-his life.

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