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women have won three by elections since 1935.

It was in October 1918 that Mr. Herbert Samuci (now Lord - Samuel) moved the resolution in the House that it was desirable to make it legal for women to be members of Parliament, and that resolution was passed by 274 votes to 25.

asks MICHAEL

KILLANIN

player, even having partnered her schoolday girl friend Miss Megan Lloyd George-Opposi- tion Liberal M.P. for Anglesey.

in tournaments.

When she has papers to read she puts on and takes off her spectacles in the most lawyer- like way. If it assists-I do not think it does--a parliamentary water diviner. So career she is is Geoffrey Shakespeare, M.P. for Norwich, but then he is at the Admiralty.

Miss Cazalet is the only woman who has any official position in this Government.

When She Talks Of War

I have spent hours trying to

THE Duchess of Atholl, discover what exactly our women

Unionist member for M.F.s had done. I found that Kinross and West Perth, and they had talked-and talked in now a back hencher, was at one many cases with authority--on time Parliamentary Secretary every conceivable subject. But, to the Board of Education, and honestly, I could not trace one sat on the front bench.

major Act that had been passed She is no longer in the Gov. of which the women can rightly ernment, but is

une of its call themselves the prime severest critics, being very much an aristocratic rebel. She is tall, thin, dark, with a lean face.

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"--and my new boy friend—he's manager of a five and ten cent"store an' can pet me a discount on anything in the store!"

Stop

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Give Us Films We Can Believe In

DE

Lady Astor, who was the first woman M.P. to take her seat

Her pets are at the moment in the House, and has repre- Basque children, but it is terri-' sented the Sutton Division of fying when this quiet woman Plymouth since 1919, is still talks of war, for she will recount the foremost woman member. the most lurid details in the [Actually a Sinn Fein woman, calmest way for a longer time Countess Markievicz, had been than almost any other speaker. previously elected, but did not The other women National go to the House.]

Conservatives are Viscountess Lady Astor has become war-hostess

a Davidson (Hemel Hempstead), next year, any year or ever. for the Conservative Miss Florence Horsbrugh (Dun-I think you can be quite stricken town of the coast or Party, entertaining at her Lon- dee), and Misa Irene Ward (Wall-sure about that. interior, where Japanese bom-don house in St. James's and her send-on-Tyne). bers or sea raiders have very riverside home at Cliveden.

PASSPORTS

A Chinese from П

Lady Davidson gained her seat

EAR Mrs. Brown,-- There will be no film

famine this year,

Says SETON MARGRAVE

What filme at the moment are Of course, there has been so popular that cinemas like the considerably reduced the expec¬ She is always neatly dressed in a by-election last year when a lot of talk about a serious Stoll Picture Theatre are break- tation of life and made all in a black tailor-made suit with her husband was raised to peer-shortage of films, but then ing away from their one-week- business a precarious sort of a white collar, which shows up age. The mother of four child-

only policy to run them for two there always is.

and three weeks? game, must have twenty dollars against the drab clothes worn ren, she is always well dressed, in his pocket or he will not be by the men of the House.

combining her political life with Producers like to talk about it,

Just "100 Men and a Girl," She is the most talkative fox-hunting and entertaining, since that sends up the prices received here. Officially he is member, keeping up a continual Miss Florence Horsbrugh is they get for their pictures. Prisoner of Zenda," with Ronald with Deanna Durbin, and "The Hol # refugee. This is the conversation with Opposition the senior member for Dundee. Cinema-owners like to talk about effect of instructions issued by members, such us Communist in 1936 she created a precedent it, since that scads producers Colman. the Hongkong authorities to the William Gallacher and Indepen by being the first woman to move scurrying to make more pictures, Back To Reality police and disclosed to the Telc-dent Labour Maxton. Her the reply to the Address from and that sends the prices of pic- graph on Tuesday. The police usual comment is, "Go to Rus- the Throne on the opening of tures down.

You like Errol Flynn are watching ships and traing sia." Perhaps after the events Parliament.

So round and round they go,

because you associate of last week she will be more She has attacked Red Biddy chasing each other, trying to him with "Captain Blood" and and preventing Chinese without

careful about telling members to the Scottish methylated spirits scare each other, and getting The Charge of the Light Bri- this unusual form of passport go to foreign countries. concoction which was a menace nowhere. entering the Colony. Those who

to the impoverished, and the

gade." You will welcome him Flies Her Own 'Plane Chater Road.lack it are simply to be shipped

B.B.C. for attacking the Prime. But you are quite right in be- in "The Adventures of Robin back to the places whence they

lieving that the film world is in Hood." THERE site nearest to Minister. camc-unless, of course, some

She is interested in jute, for a dither. It is not exactly in a friend or relative comes forward Tate, who now represents the Dundee is the home of jute, jam, panic, but, as they say in Holly- and takes the responsibility of Frome division of Somerset and journalists. I cannot trace wood, it has the jitters.

interested in And so it should. In the past providing for them. Just why formerly having been M.P. for her having been Willesden West.

the latter two J.s. She has by few years it has indeed asked the Government fixed upon $20 has not been disclosed. Presum- She was born in St. Helena far the best voice of the women for it. ably it is felt that that sum but is no political exile, being members.

now in the thick of the fray, Miss Irene Ward knows more would provide food and lodging She flies her own acroplane, is about coal than any woman, and of a sort for a month and by that keen on gardening, and seems perhaps more than most M.Pa.

You make a grand point had made several of these films

say film before she came to London. time the emergency in China to talk chiefly on chickens, shops, Some believe that she is the best stars are not as likeable as they I told her then that she was might be over. Vain hope.and servants.

type of Conservative woman used to be. That is profoundly throwing away all the good will

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And the film most in demand for reissue to-day is Norma Shearer's "Smilin' Through."

You will recall some ago the films of shady morals and shallow wit we called sophisti- cated comedies. Norma Shearer

years

The Government, with all rea- Another woman who attacts member, and she does not waste true.

she had ever earned, and I pect, should not be planning a attention is Miss Thelma Caza- an opportunity to raise the ques-

And why?

talked her into making "Smilin* month ahead, but for a year at let, who has represented East tion of coal and miners.

Through," Her making that So much for the Conserva- Simply because There Islington since 1931. She pre- tives. Now wo

many film was entirely my idea, and. come to Miss splendid stars have been torn it was a good idea even if I say are a good many thousands of viously had considerable L.C.C. Megan Lloyd George, daughter away from their personalities it as shouldn't. Chinese with $20 and there is experience and is now an alder- of ex-Premier David and brother by the craze for crazy comedy. simply no room for them here man of the Country of London.

of Major Gwilym, who together

To-day there are a lot of She combines music with

I wish you could have been people in Hollywood I would like under present conditions. If

form a sport, being a proficient tennis Liberal Party. Recently, when Samuel Goldwyn was talking players who are appearing in kind of independent with me the other day, when to talk to all those excellent they continue coming in their

fa bard at an Eisteddfod thousands all the anti-eviction

at about star-making. Caernarvon, sho

comedies and crazy

making. control kong is the only one that occurs

called legislation and rent

"Megan of the Golden Voice."

Nobody in the world knows themselves ridiculous. They schemes that can be conceived to many thousands. One ven-

tures to predict that if the She uses her voice frequently Samuel Goldwyn, and this is ties all because they are unable more about star-making than are destroying their personali- will not make Hongkong any stream of refugees from China and often effectively. more comfortable residentially is not checked that many

what he said to me:

to distinguish between what is There are three ways at least of those foreign residents who can Hunger-Marching

"Actora and actresses-I real and what is rubbish, tackling this problem. The will leave this, Colony this sum-

am not interested in finding THE two Socialist women them. Anybody can be trained lishes the wonder of throwing A film industry which pub-" first, as the Telegraph has fre- mer rather than expose them-

members aro Miss quently suggested, is to estab-selves to the dangers and dis- Ellen Wilkinson and Mrs. Agnes to act. I took for personalities. tomatoes at an opera singor is lish refugee centres in the New flight in this direction unques-that Dr. Summerskill will sit and that is given to you by fate. self.

wholesale Hurdie. It will be with them; "Personalities is something really throwing tomatoes at it- Territorios, passibly with the tionably entails. The twenty-vote.

If you do not have it, there is assistance of organised charities; dollar-passport scheme will keep

Mrs. Brown, I am sure you Miss Ellen Wilkinson, al-nothing you can do about it." the second is to close the fron-out a certain clement of unfor-though the smallest M.P., makes

would begin to like nearly all completely

Coming from Samuel Gold- film stars again if films would tier altogether; the third might tunates-the

des-herself heard. She has by far wyn, that is very interesting. well be in the direction of antitute for whom it was origin- the most biting tongue of any

only return to human drama. international appeal to Japan to be erected, and for whom many accusations against the Govern-

ally proposed that refugee camps member, and makea slashing Living Their Parts

There is really no reason for delay in view of the tremendous respect certain refugee areas in will feel much sympathy. These nient.

AMONG the stars you "Hurricane," "In Old Chicago," success of pictures such as and about all Chinese cities, people have as much right to

She claims to have spoken

liko best you name: which would be marked suitably shelter here as any rich mer- since she was five, and now, give Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple, and "A Yank at Oxford," wo that aircraft would not attack chant, who can probably wel feet nothing," she thinks nothing George Formby, Errol Flynn.

Gracie Fields, William Powell, them mistakenly. These could afford to go elsewhere, probably of hunger-marching with unem

There will be still less reason when we see films like "Test be supervised with foreign nasis leaving dependant employees to

shift for themselves in

ployed from Jarrow her con- Have you realised that all Pilot," with Clark Gable, Myrna tance and probably would receive instances in the town he may stituency, to London. There these players and others, like Loy, and Spencer Tracy, or medical and financial aid from have abandoned. Some good are few things she likes more Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, "Marie Antoinette," with Norma abroad. If, as the Japanese may come of the regulation; for than careering off to fraternise Sonja Henic, and Deanna Dur. Shearer tales of real men and appear to intend, Canton is to it will probably prevent the with down-trodden proletariats bin, are always themselves? real women-of romance and continue to be a target for bomb- swelling of a beggar population on the Continent.

They are not so much acting

reality. an Increasing Mrs. Agnes Hardie (Spring-as living their parts, and the ing fleets, the population must which has been

The job of a film is to present nuisance for some time past. make up its mind elther to risk But there must be better ways George Hardie, M.P., and sister- Cooper.

Glasgow), widow of actor who does it best is Gary the romance of reality, Our death and romain, or find some of dealing with this problem in-law of Keir Hardie, is the himself or, as

You want him to be film-makers' should now remem- suitable and secure sanctuary than by keeping the poor out of opposite. She speaks little and insist on his being in character, long enough.

you say, you ber this: They have been ga-ga near at hard. At present Hong- this refuge.

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