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CINEMA NOTES

A half-dozen of the screen's out- standing comedians, ulded by a cast of Hollywood's most charming young! contrive to make of "College

player wirich is showing at the Holiday," Queen's Thontre to-day, one of the funniest gayest and most hilarious with music to reach the comedies

screen this season. With a mndeop story from the pen of J, P. McEvoy to work upon, Jack Benny, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Mary Boland and Martha Raye go through their 21 .one continuous howl of ughter. Marsha Hunt, Eleanore

Erikson. Whitney,

Downs,

DaPron.

Girardot,

Lol

Johnny Loula

Bradna, Olympe

Bett Blue

Вел

and Etienne

are in charge of the and Rolety. Splendid romance musle, gorgeous, settings and a chorus girls of Filmdom's most beautiful round out this perfect bill of enter- tainment.. "College Holiday" deals hotel and the ef-

with a

bankruppe gent,

forts of Benny,

Fave

it. The music in

and

to

College Holiday" rates as tops. Especially worthy of note are "I Adore You and "A Rhyme for Love", both of which have all the Ingredients of "Sweetheart Sure-fire hits, Waltz," "So Wivat?" and "Who's That Knocking at My Heart?" all of which areentchy, tuneful, gay and beauti- fut. The music was written by Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin, and Bert Lane and Ralph Freed. "Double Programmie

are served Romance and adventure are

In "Sixteen helping up in generous Fathoms Deep the thrilling Mono- fram sponge fishing story which two-day opened yesterday for run at the Majestic Theatre, The double management is offering a

the other film being programme. Truly amazing picture. "Savage Gold". It is the kind of picture that grips you with its drama, made con- vincing because it is authentic.

ilt

fl

screen

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picture

is

"The Great Ziegfeld" "The Great Ziegfeld", a suggested by the career of

of the noted glorifier of the American Girl being brought to the

to-day "the

King's and Alhambra Theatres, with William Powell in the title role; Myrna Loy as his his

Wife, Billie Burke and Louise Rainer as the

thut Joined this east

starry-eyed, alluring Anna Held. of the personalities

Καπους mate

Many

Ziegfeld

of stars, carrying on the traditions of

the producer

whose showmanship hus

injected Itself into Funny

Ray

Bolger, the

every scene. (Rubber-Legs)

In Ziegfeld

repeat their inspired period for

the mottun picture thant nun who brought them fame. addition to the star roles

and the

In

entertainers who appear as them- selves, any selves. other famous nies in the theatrical word are plorined in the

picture. A tribute is paid to WI Rogers. Dr.

Dr. Ziegfeld is played by Joseph Cawthorne. Erlanger by Paul rving, and Sandow by Nat. Pen- Virginia Bruce, herself a Follies girl seen as the

most ghazllel beauties, In the role of

disson.

Audrey Dane. Others in

in the fea- Morgan, Re-

tured cast include Frank ginald Owen, Ernest Cissart, Robert Greig Raymond Walburn, Jean Chatburn, Charles Trowbridge, Charles Judels, Marcella Corday, Easther Muir and Herman Bing.

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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1937.

“TELEGRAPH'S” NEW FILM SERIAL

"Lloyd's of London" is a film which is shortly to be presented at the Queen's Theatre. To-day appears another instalment of It is a narrative of much interest in the full story of the opisades in the life of the great corporation on which the film is based. itself and is appropriately mado public at a time when the prosentation of the film in Hangkong is soon to be made.

LLOYDS OF LONDON!

WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE:

Jonathan Blake, protege of John Anperstein, underwriter at Lloyds of London, has graduated from Eton and entered the busi ncan of kia patron. Time and -apain, the need for quick tran

miasion of news has been volcad By the auranco men, and Jona than devises a visual telegraph which sonda meisages across the English Channel in five minutes moted of two days. In France, troubled times, increase the im portance of ewift news trans- mieston. Meanwhile, in the Navy. Jonathan's boyhood friend, Au- miral Notson, is making England "mtstream of the aet."

Chapter Eight

The success of Jonathan Blake's simple contrivance for news transmission to England from the Continent could not be better ex- emplied than the aceno in Lloyd's Board Houm on July 14th, 1182. when, in response to the clanging of the bell, the following appeared on the bulletin board:

REVOLUTION BROKE OUT IN PARIS TODAY, MOB STORMED THE BASTILLE LIBERATING ALL PRISONERS.

A profound allence followed the posting of this bulletin: then, ne with one valce, the members aliout. ed: "Today! Today! Impoeniblo! llow can news get across the Chan- nel in one day? Who la the author of this attempted hoax?"

by

PETER B KYNE

The stop at the 20th Kantiry-fów, pizture' platring" Atadeleine (Corralt ond. Freddie, Bartholomew wiiti. Tyrone, Str Guy Standing and ← Aubrey Smitty!!!

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hour. after the news had been in use on battleships today. Within diors were there watching for como ·

metal case was a powerful "bull's unfortunate tu etnorge; lis renauned given to the publie in Paris.

eye" of lantern, the thickness of the they would not be sumpletour of bull'seye" concentrating the light ono, who after observing their pre- project thru it until a beam of two rence, persisted in entering

He was right. The two noidlers hundred candis power was produced. By means of t'hand lever a shutter moved aside and gave him a re- was operated in front of this beam,spectful salutation as he entered. thus alternately opening the beam At a side table he sat down and or shutting it off entirely. Jonathan ordered a meal; as he waited for had merely designed n telegraph it to be served he could not help but notice the atmosphere of appre- system, the number of bllaks and

hension among the other customars,

All during those stirring years Jonathan Blake's dook at "Lloyd's was occupied by another, for Jona- than was too busy doing more im portant work. He was a fairly familiar Agure there, howover, but his visits were more of a social na- ture than because he was interested in the marine insurance, per so The world-rocking events occurring

Widle the fisherman knalt beside his table, Jonathan, o far better Latin scholar than any French local ciortë, pronounced the blessing;

"I observed two soldiers as I on- lered." he observed to the walters "What does that portend

"Who knows, momleur, le eure." The whole world in suspect. Ous knows not the instant when t mero auspicion, he will be taken from the borom of his family. tomed into fall or guined. Wo live in terrible times."

"Ayo, we do, but God wilt lead our beloved France into the wayn of peace and happiness ogain.”

He was interrupted, when half way through his meal, hy a man wearing the rough garb of a ficher man. "Good evening," the flaherman saluted him respectfully. "I trust your reverence will parden the in- terruption, but I go upon a long Journey tonight-a Journey fraught with some danger, wherefore I beg your blessing before I depart."

"Certainly, my son." Jonathan re- pllad and the sherman knelt be- aldo his table while Jonathan, a far better Latin scholar than any vinage priest, in France could pon- sibly be, murmured the blessing; as la made the sign of the crons over the man's bent head and then dropped his hand, the faberman. brought a few coppers from his pocket and pressed them into Jona than's palm. "For the poor of your parish, my father," he murmured. rose, bowed, and went clumping down the airo,

As Jonathan slipped the coins into his pocket he felt a tiny scrap of paper pasted on one coin and [covered by the other. He disengaged this paper without removing his hand from his capacious pocket, in which reated also a brovlary. Be tween the pages of the brovincy ha slipped the paper and then con

John Angerstein strode up on the rostrum and struck the ancient bel twice, Instantly the hubbub ceased. "The news, gentlemon," he said, "s Authentic. Do you remember that day in 1770 that a ragged urchin invaded our old quarters crying for Mr. Lloyd and proclaiming at the top of his voice that the schooner Maggie-O, but that moment re- ported sunk, had bron seultied by her master and a fortune in gold ingots transferred from her to the Seahorso first. When that news proved to be true, Lloyd's saved a loss of a hundred thousand pounds, across the channel, following the their duration indicating latters.tinued to cat his late nupper. At its gave that ragged urchin a gratuity fail of the Bastle and the gradual From the top of the windmill tower, conclusion he called for a fine, of one thousand pounds. He was rice of Napoleon Bonaparte to which stood on a bluff a hundred brought forth his brevtary and ap among us that day with prompt power, kept him in France a great feet above the beach, these signale peared to be reading it whlie alpping nows which saved us, although he part of the time. And, incidentally, were easily read by a ship cruising the wing.

On the paper the fisherman had had walked a hundred miles to de-al activities became a source of in the channel half way across to liver la message. Well, for a long considerable interest to the powers England, and this ship relays to slipped to bim he read:

WEST 1 KILOMETER-STONE' QUAY BARREL X Lime he has been working on an that were in France, The leakage another tower on the while cliffs invention that would permit the roof newn, was not, upon occaalon, at of Dover. The memage finally An-

He rolled the message into a pill, laying of messages from France to to their liking or to their proat. ahed, the ship acknowledged It's England; the message before us

Upon the night of October 22nd, receipt in full with another rocket, after committing it to memory. came ever before dawn the morn-Jonathan Blake, arrayed in the Pierre extinguished the lamp and palmed it into his mouth and swal Ing. in about Afteen minutes, in a shovel hat and long black souten or with his companicas followed Jona owed it. He continued to read his dozen relays, by means of Jonathana French cure, elimbed the stairs than downstairs into a room at the breviary, oblivious of all around Blake's signalling device. I know to a tall stone tower on a partie base of the stone wind-mill tower him, unit his attention was with

of a commotion at the far end of wheres! I speak, for I have financed ularly lonely atretch of the French From a canvas Dag Jonathan pro- drawn from the book by the sound this invention. I guarantee the au- coast. Above the tower roso a huge, duced a handful of Louis d'or.

four-bladed wind-mill, On the roof "I shall pay you, Pierre, and you the room. Down the stains from thenticity of that nows,”

the hotel rooms above come a beau- There was another long silence, of the tower were two men-one Marcel, for several months in ad then a thunder of appinuse and gazing through a night glass cut vance, and trust to you to continuetiful young girl followed by a "But this is an outrage." the girl eries for Jonathan to step to the across the country, the other writ- to send all important news nightly." French lieutenant and two soldiers,

"Oul Menalour, the two French-

orled angelly-In English. "How rostrum and explain his signaling ing on a pad of paper. Bystem. But John Angersteln waived "Well, men, what now?" Jona- men murmured,

"Thank you. My Paris agent will dare you place me in arrest. I have that suggestion down. "You must than queried in French as he joined

visit you from time to time, when one nothing, I assure you. I am realize, gentlemen, that in war time the pair.

"Relays from Paris inform us you need more money. As for my-waiting here to bourd the packent governments have a habit of that Napoleon has ordered the, arself, it is my intention to take the for Daver in the morning." stricting news to auit those in

hint and get out of Calais tonight. power, The menas Jonathan Blake rest of all English in France."'.-

"I've been expecting that. Joan. For all I know I may be suspected employs to relay Information, there

have-you been able to pick up the and, if captured I shall, of course, fore, must remain a secret.**-**-

And remain a secret it did. Each signals from our relay ship, in the have a swift introduction to Made

moiselle Guillotine. Adieu, my morning on Lloyd's bulletin board channel?"

"Yes, sir. Bhal! I send the news'i frienda." appeared notices of momentous events in history. The authenticity of which I have just spoken, or de of such news was no longer doubt you thinle we had boat withhold; ed; too long and too often had that?" those bulletina been confirmed by "It will cause a deal of worry to the bluffs for about two miles be happened to him. His heart leaped nowa, via ahina, a week or less thate in England who have agents fore he entered Calals. At a cafe with pity and something siso-just later. Thus Lloyd's knew of the or relatives in France, However, It on the waterfront he turned in, what he did not know, nor did he

when he saw two French soldiers; guillotining of Marie Antoinette world nows, no and it. nod hour after the execution; it The signalling device the men with fixed bayonets, standing at the use to analyze it, for he had not know of the capture of Toulon from used was merely a clumsy imilation entrance, A cafe, Jonathon know Previously been in love! the English. by troops under com of the heliograph of the late nine was a dispensing ground for nowa mand of Napoleon Bonaparte, an tien or the "blinker light system and gossip: apparently treaeol

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9 Sleepy little creatures in Romne

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22 A former Viceroy of Indle.

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The custom with us.

27 When this, a Masonic meeting

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29 As a Church dignitary he has no accent-unlike his grand name. pake in the United States. 30 Is mother, when turned back? 31 Cuts up the soil round a mon

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9 Prolonge thought taken about

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17 Splintered ski.

19 A handyman in reserve.

21 What look may speak.

23 "Queen of the Enst."

25. Not actually a monkey, but very

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one.

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