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THE HONGKONG.

TELEGRAPH..

MONDAY,

MARCH 15, 1937.

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CINEMA NOTES

A half-dozen of the screen's out- standing comedians, aided by u cast of Hollywood's most charining young players, contrive to make of "College Hoilday," which is showing at the Queen's Theatre to-day, one of the funniest gayest and most hilarious

rench comedies with music to cereen this

season.

With a madenp story from the pen of J. 1. McEvoy to work upon, Jack Benny, George Burns and Gracle Allen.

Mury Boland

and Martha Raye go through their

paces in

laughter.

Whitney,

OTH

So

conn. Eleanore

Maralia

Leil

Erlitron.

Bradna,

Downs, Olympe

DaPron, Ben Blue

Girardol,

romance

of

urc

how of Johnny Louis and Etienne

the. charge of in

Splendid and galety. musle, gorgeous settings and a chorus

Kir Filmdom's most beautiful round out this perfect bill of enter tainmeal. "College Holiday deals with a bankrupt hatel and the ef to forts of Benny, its press igent, save it. The music in "College rates as tops, Especially Hollday" ra worthy of note are " Adore You" and "A Rhyme for Love", both of which have all the ingredients sure-fire hits, and "Sweetheart Waltz." "So What?" and "Who's That Knocking at My Heart? all of which are catchy, funeful, gay and benuti. ful. The music WAS Written Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin, and Bert Lane Bud

and Ralphs Fred

by

"Double Programme” fomance and adventure are served erous helping in "Sixteen

up in gener, thrilling Mono-

opened

which

Fathoms grum sponge fishing story

* Awo-day yesterday for run at the Majestle Theatre. The management is offering a double programme, the other film being

plcture, "Savage truly amazing Gold". RIs the kind of picture that grips you with its drama, made con- vineing because

It is authentie.

"The Great

"The Great Zenfeld"

a

A picture

suggested by the career of the noted glorifier of the American girl, being brought to the screen to-day anc Alhambra King's Theatres, with William Powell

t

the

the

in the

title role; Myrna Loy as bis wife. Billie Burke: and

Rainer as and Louise the starry-eyed, alluring Anna Held,

Many

personalities

of the

that

Ziegfeld made famous joined this cast

of stars, carrying on the traditions of the producer whose showmanship has injected

itself into every scene,

Fanny Brier, Ray

(Rubber-Legs)

718

"That-

hy

Bolger, Harriet the Ziegfeld shows repeat their

heir inspired performance, for the motion picture

that glorifies the who brought them. fame, mar addition to the star roles and the entertainers who

the appear selves, any other Innqus names in the theatrical word are glorified in the picture.

tribute is paid to Win Rogers. Dr. Ziegfeld is played Joseph Cawthorne, Erlanger by Patil Irving, and Sandow by Hat Pen- dleton. Virginia Bruce, herself a Follies girl, is seen us the most

beautles, in glorified

the role of Audrey Dune. Others in the fea- fured cast include Frank Morgan, Re- ginald Owen, Ernest Cissart, Robert Greig, Rayinond Walburn, Jean Chatburn, Charles Trowbridge, Charles Judels. Marcella Corday, Easther Muir and Herman Bing.

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“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 the full story of the episodes in the life of the great corporation on which the film is based. It is a narrative of much intorast in itself and is appropriatoly mado public at a time when the presentation of the film in Hongkong is soon to be made.

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LLOYDS OF LONDOV

WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE; Jonathan Blake, protege, of Juhu Angeralein, underwriter at floyds of London, has graduated from Eton and entered the bush ness of his patron. Time and again, the néùd for quick tran mission of news has been voiced by the insurance men, and Jona- than deviser o visual telegraph which sands messages across the English Channel in five minutos instead of two days. In France, troubled times increase the im- portance of swift news 'trana. mision. Meanwhile, in the Navy. Jonathan's boyhood friend, Ac inirai Nelson, a taking England "mistress of the sea."

Chaptor Eight

NEWS

THE success of Jonathan Blake's

simple contrivance for transmission to England from the Continent could not be better ex- emplified than the neene in Lloyd's Hoard Houm on July 14th, 1189, 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 roating of thin bulletin; then, na with one voles, the members shout- ed: "Today! Todny! Imposible! How can news get across the Chan- nel in one day? Who is the author of this attempted hoax?”

re-

PETER

by... B. KYNE

The story of the 20th Century Fox, ploure plotting Madaleine "Corrott and "Freddie, Bartholomew, with Tyrone Fonal, Sir Guy Standing and C. Aubrey Smith

diers were there watching for comə unfortunate to emerge; he reasoned they would not be suspicious of one, whoy after observing their pre- sence, pérolated in entering

He was right: The two soldiers

hour after the nows had been in use on battleshipd today. Within a metal case was a powerful "bull's- given to thie publle in Paris.

All during those surring your eye" all lantern, the thickness of tho Jonathan Blake's desk at Lloyd's bull'seye" concentrating the light was occupied by another, for Jona-project thru Itunilla beam of two than was too busy doing moro im- hundred candle power was produced. periant work. He was a fairly By means of a hand lover a shutter moved aside and gavo hira a ro familiar figure there, however, but was operated in front of this beam, opaciful anlutation as he entered. his visits were more of a social na thus alternately opening the beam At a side table he ant down and ture than because he was Interested or shutting it off entirely. Jonathan ordered a meat; na ho watted for in the marine insurance, per no. had merely designed a telegraph it to be servod he could not help The world-rocking events occurring system, the number of blinks and but notice the atmosphere of appro

While the flaherman knett besido lán table, Jonathan, a far hethe Latta scholar than any French local cleric, pronounced the blessing,

hension dinong the other customers.

"I observed two noldiers as I en- tered," ho obanrved to the waiter. "What does that portend?"

"Who knows, monsieur lo cure. The whole world is suspect. One known pot the instant when on more suspleton, he will be taken from the bosom of his family, tossed into Sali or gullmined. We live in terrible times."

"Ayo, we do, but God will lead our beloved France into the ways of peace and happiness again."

Ho was interrupted, when half way through his meal, by a man wearing the rough garb of a faber- man, "Good evening," the fisherman, saluted him respectfully, "I trust' your reverence will pardon the in- terruption, but I go upon a long Journey tonight- jou for 1 beg fraught

with some danger.

your blessing before I depart."

"Certainly, my son," Jonathan re- piled and the daherman knelt be- aldo his table while Jonathan. a far better Latin scholar than any village priest in France could pon- aibly bo, murmured the bleasing; an he made the sign of the cross over the man'e bent hend and then dropped his hand, the flaherman brought a fow coppers from his pocket and pressed them into Jona ihan's palm. "For the poor of your parish, my father," he murmured, rose, bowed, and went clumping down the nigiro.

As Jonathan slipped the coine into his pocket he felt a tiny scrap nt paper pasted on one coln and coveroii by the other, He disengaged this paper without removing his hand from hla capacious pocket, in which rested also a breviary. Be- tween the pages of the brevlary he slipped the paper and then con-

Jahn, Angeritela atrode up on the restrum and struck the ancient bell twice. Instantly the hubbul erased, "The news, gentlemen," he said: "in authentic. Do you remember that day in 1770 that a ragged urchin invnded our oid quartern crying fors Mr. Lloyd and proclaiming at the top of his voice that the schooner Miggie-0, but that moment ported sunk, had bean settled by her master and a fortune in gold ingots transferred from her to the Senhora Arat. When that nown proved to be true, Lloyd's naved a loss of a hundred thousand pounds, across the channel, following the their duration indicating lettore. tinued to eat his late supper, At its Have that ragged ucchin a gratuity fall of the Bastile and the gradual From the top of the windmill tower, conclusion he called for a fine, of ane thousand pounds. He was flue of Napoleon Bonaparte to which stood on a bluff & hundred brought forth his breviary and ap among us that day with prompt power, kept him in France & great feet above the beach, these signals peared to be reading it white alpping On the paper the flaherman had news which saved us, although he part of the time. And, Incidentally, were easily read by a ship cruising the wine. had walked a hundred miles to de- his activities became a source of in the channel half way across to

WEST 1 KILOMETER-STONE liver his message. Well, for a long considerable interest to the powers England, and this abip relays to slipped to him he rend: time he has been working on an that were in France. The leakage another tower on the white cliffa

QUAY-BARREL X He rolled the messago into a pill, invention that would permit-the re- of newn, was not, upon occasion, at of Dovor. The memage Anally fin- Inying of monanges from France to all to their king or to their proat, lahed, the ship acknowledged it's

Upon the night of October 22nd, receipt in full with another rockat, after committing it to memory, England; the messago before us came over bothra-dawn this morn-Jonathan Blake, arrayed in the Pierre extinguished the lamp and palmed it into his mouth and swal ing. in about fifteen minutes, in a thorel hat and long binck souten of with his companions followed Jona-lowed it. He continued to road his dozen relaya, by means of Jonathan Fench cure, climbed the stairs than downstairs into a room at the breviary, oblivions of all around Blake's signalling device. I know to a tail stone tower on a partic-base of the stone wind-mill tower. him, until his attention was with of a commotion at the far end of whereat I epenk, for I have financed iarly lenely stretch of the French From a canvas bag Jonathan pro- drawn from the book by the sound this invention. I guarantee the au- const, Above the tower rose a huge, duced a handful of Loule d'or.

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

There was another long silence, of the tower were two men-one Marcel, for several months in ad-the hotel rooms above como a beau- then a thunder of applause and gating through a night glass out vance, and trust to you to continueful young girl followed by a "But this is an outrage, the girl cries for Jonathan to step to the cross the country, the other writto nend all important news nightly French Heutenant and two soldiers.

"Oul Monaleur," the two French.

criod angrily-in Eugllah, "How rostrum and explain his nignalinging on a pad of paper.

"Well, men, what now" Jona- men murmured. system. But John Angeratein walved that suggestion down. "You must then queried in French as he joined yom date to time, when done nothing, I assure you. I am "Thank you. My Paris agent will dare you place dio in arrest. I have realize, gentlemen, that in war time the pair. governments have a habit of res "Relays from Paris inform us you need more money. As for my waiting bere la board the packet An English girl! And the military. atricting news to suit those in that Napoleon has ordered the arself, it is my intention to take the for Dover in the morning."

hint and get out of Calais tonight. power. The means Jonathan Blake rest of All English in France. employs to relay information, there

As Jonathan gazed at her lovely. "I've been expecting that. Jean. For all I know I may be suspected police had her? have you been able to pick up the and if captured I shall, of course frightened face; as he saw the for, must remain à sucret."

And remain a ageret it did. Each jaignals from our relay ship in the have a swift Introduction to Made Heutenant bow curtly and reply in maisello Guillotine. Adieu, my French: Ten thousand regrets, morning on Lloyd's bulletin board channelt

"Yrs, air. Shall I send the nawn friends."

mademoiselle, hat thin to war" be appeared notices of momentous

"Go with God," they murmured.

was sensible of a feeling, that events in history. The authenticity of which I have just upeken, or do!

Leaving the signal tower Jona struck him with the impact of n of auch news was no longer doubt you think we had best withhold

than strode along a path on top of blow, that something fateful had ed: tog tone and too often had that?"

""It will cause a deal of worry to the bluffs for about two miles be happoned to him. His heart leaped those bulletins been confirmed by nowa, vin shipe, a week or Icas those in England who have agents foro he entered Calab. At a cafe with pity and something alge-just later. Thus Lloyd's knew of the or relatives in France. However, on the waterfront ho tumed in. what ho did not know, nor did ba when he saw two French soldiers, name to analyze it, for he had not Kulliofining of Maris Antoinette a world news, ao mend it. and hour after the execution; it The alganiling device the men with fixed bayonets, standing at the proriously been in love!

© 2014 cotORT - FOR VILLE PORSGRITION know of the capture of Toulon from used was merely a clumay imitation entrance, A cafe, Jonathan know. the English. by troops under com- at the hellograph of the to nine was a diepenning ground for new

(To be continued) mand of Napoleon Bonaparte, an tea or the "blinker" light system and gossip; apparently these sol

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1 Identifiles the countries

make Indian canvas.

that

9 Sleepy little creatures in Rome

C.I.D.

10 Muffs Co (anag).

11

Subdue this animal-though it scarcely seems necessary.

12 Rent.

13 Early form of broken heart?

Hather! Nearly, anyway.

14 Early form of temptation.

16 What the dog did may have had

reference to a shinbone.

18 I won't be so rash!

20 Buck up, concerning 64 E. or 65

E., as you prefer.

22 A former Viceroy of India. 24 The custom with us. 27-Which

this,

a Masonic meeting may resemble a bungalow.

20 As a Church dignitary he has no accent-unlike his grand name- sake in the United States.

30 Is mother, when turned back?

31 Cuts up the soll round a man

belonging to Turkey.

32 Unworthy.

33 Fill in the gap between a French canary and a Scottish beret-in India,

DOWN

2 There la, certainly, no indication of refinement about this buc- eancer.

3 Made in a boller factory, 4 Poles have one, It would appear to be very suitable wear for a hot-head (hyphen, 3, 3). This declaration sounds like one of the things of which it hus ilrec.

1

110

8 Gather,

139

7 Might be an Ascot or a four-la- hand, but not likely nowadays. 8 Cheek! to be put in nice temper,

must say.

Prolonged thought taken about a certain time.

14 A formal farewell.

woul. 15 Draw

17 Splintered ski.

19 A handyman in reserve. 21 What a look may speak.

24 "Queen of the East."

25

Not actually a monkey, but very like one.

26 Go, great singer, and become a

famous bare back rider.

20 One who doubles his heart, and

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