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March 21, 1940.'

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MOTORING

FILMS Don't Have

"Stage Door"

LILLIPUT LAND

FILM: "Gulliver's Travels".

STARS: Fleischer's cartoons.

VERDICT: Jolly good fun

"Gulliver's Travels" opens on Saturday at the Queen's and Alhambra. It will be enjoyed by nearly everybody; but when you go to see this second full- length colour cartoon, a marvel of fancy, ingenui- ty and patience, you should put "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"as far as possible out of your minds.

Fleischer, who gave "Pop Eye" and "Betty Boop" works in a different mood from Disney. His effects are. broader and his extrava- gances have not the same de- licney. He deals in panto- mime characters. Personal reaction must decide which are the virtues and which the weaknesses.

Whatever your view, this picture is a gorgeously clover achievement.

The basis of the story is that part of Dean Swift's tale which' deals with Lemuel Gulliver's CX- perlences among the tiny people in Lilliput. It happens that Gab- by, the town-crier who is not quite a Dopcy, but whose appeal is somewhat similar, is an inven tion of the cartoonist, but in the main the ideas are those origin- ated by Dean Swift.

The fun begins when Gabby stumbles upon the sleeping Gulll- ver, lying on the bench after his struggle ashore from the wreck.

There is a convincing sirength and springiness in the figure of Gulliver and the prince and prin- cess appear to have been made deliberately doll-Uko.

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The musical background pleasant. "It's a Happy Happy Day"? is one of the jingles which

will dwell in the memory.

RADIO

RELEASES

TO-MORROW

ORIENTAL: "First Love" KING'S: "The Gorilla" QUEEN'S AND ALHAMBRA: "Remember the Night"

MAJESTIC: "Naughty but Nice"

SATURDAY

KING'S! "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington**

MAJESTIC: "Naughty but Nice"

AND QUEEN'S

ALHAMBRA: "Gulliver's Travels"

ORIENTAL: "First Love"

SUNDAY

ALHAMBRA:

QUEEN'S AND "Gulliver's Travels"

ORIENTAL: "Geronimo" KING'S: "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"

MAJESTIC: "Golden Boy"

FILM: The Gorilla", STARS: The Ritz Brothers. VERDICT: Uproarious.

THIS well-known mystery subject has been brought back to the screen as a vehicle for the Ritz Brothers in the enpa- city of detectives.

It is a mixture of "thriller" mys- tery and crazy fooling.

The mixture is successful and should provide good entertain- ment.

The Ritz Brothers are excellent DE usual. Special mention must be made of Paisy Kelly's performance

ກ terrified maidservant. She comes across with occasional good sardonic lines.

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FILM: "First Love". STAR: Deanna Durbin. VERDICT: Good Deanna Enter-

tainment,

A romantic comedy-drama. The film deals with the ad- ventures of a neglected young orphan girl who, with the help of the servants, attends a bail given by a wealthy young boy with whom she has her first love affair.

It is a whimsical modern version

of the Cinderella theme treated

with delicacy and insight. The

film is bound up in comedy ad- venture.

Deanna Durbin is again enchant- ing as the orphan.

"First Love" is delightful enter- tainment.

Sneak, Snitch And Snook, The Spies of Lilliput- land

FILM: "Mr. Smith Goes To Wash-

Ington".

STARS; James Stewart, Jean

Arthur.

VERDICT: Capra's Best.

EVEN if you don't know much about American politics you will like this film, pro- duced by Frank Capra, who "Mr. was responsible for Deeds".

Mr. Smith portrayed by James Stewart is an ideallatie young mun, sent to the Senate from his state in the belief that he will be an easy political ramp. going supporter of

The film deplets the gradual but rude awakening which awaits those who planned to exploit him.

James Stewart and Jean Arthur, as his secretary, are immense; and Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Eugene Pallette and Harry Cary act with polish.

These Winter

Car Troubles

YOUR car's purpose to serve at a moment's notice is defeated

You are topos in away at the starter motor every morn

ing before the car can be got under way.

In winter no car should be left for hours in the open. I have heard drivers say that if n car will run all day through rain or snow it should sland any outdoor treatment.

They go further and say they have parked their cars outside in win- ter for years and have always got them to go. Their mutoring costs per mile would be the best answer to this.

The extra hours of darkness take heavy toll of the battery in the winter months. Why Increase these demands by leaving your cars parked with lights for hours at a time?

Make the most of your garage whether it is a private or a pubile one. Every shilling spent on a night's sheller is more than a shliling saved, And the warmer and more weather-proof the garage, the more trouble and expense will be avoided in the long run.

A roof is essential, and at least one end of the garage should be closed to avoid through draughts.. These can cause more trouble than a whole week in the open.

Freezing of radiator water need never occur to-day. Excellent anti- freeze solutions and garage lamps and heaters are to be had, while or other windproof old rug covering for the radiator should always be handy, in the car,

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The thinner winter olls which selence has produced have ridded the owner-driver of much of the old-time terror of starling up.

Whether the engine will fire or not depends on many things. Above all, the mixture of petrol and air in relation to the atmos. phere temperature must be cor- rect. Nature demands this and will brook no compromise. That Is why car makers have recently

given such

such close

chokes and

спо

carburettors.

attention to auxiliary starting

Every mechanical part of the car should be in good working order it you are to enjoy the real advan- tages of winter motoring.

Far too many jobs are left un- done on the excuse that the car is soon to be exchanged and the value of repairs will be lost. I

GRIN AND BEAR IT

By Lichty

"Will you please tell me, Osbert Trufflo, what THEY have to do with our honeymoon movies?":

Lord Haw-Haw Is Several People

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challenge such a view, but the vitál fact is that the car should not be used at all if any com- ponent is faulty,

JInve no nonsense from the windscreen wiper. If it is not fully effective have it righted at once which leads me to the sub- ject of snow and fee.

fee formation on the windscreen can be counteracted by fiting one of the useful defrosting devices now produced by accessory firms.

Meanwhile, if you are caught without one, try raising the off- side half of the bonnet and keeping

it open an inch or so with a matchbox or duster so that warm air can flow from the engine on to the windscreen,

It may be that you have given up motoring until the spring and your car stands idle in the garage. I hope you have not left it as it was when you last switched off the engine.

The simplest plan is to make one job of storage tramediately after the final run while the oil in the engine, gearbox and back axle is still warm. This should be drained off and the drain plugs replaced before they are mislaid. Then Jack up the whole air, tak- ing the weight off the tyres and as much as possible off the springs. Soild blocks of wood at the four corners of the chassis frame will give safe suppori.

While on the job, sip off the wheels and remove the tyres, rid- ding them of all signs of oil and grease, and winding strips of paper around them.

Don't forget the battery. If it faulty, now is the time to have it Otherwise, repaired and stored.

have it put elther on "periodie" or "trickle" charge.

Brain-teasers

Here is the answer to last week's No. 1 Tenser.

1. Lay out six coins to form a cross as below. Rearrange the colns

so that there are four in the verti- cal Umbs and four in the hori zontal

Answer will be found In next week's issue.

SOLUTIONS TO THE FOL- LOWING TEASERS WILL BE FOUND UPSIDE DOWN BE- LOW.

2. What are the dates of H.M. 'King George VI'

(a) accession to the Throne, (b) birthday,

3.

Charlie Chaplin was born in:

(a) New York, (b) Melbourne,

(c) London, (d) Chicago.

4. What poison did Socrates drink when he was sentenced to death?

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6. How many gases are there in the air we breathe?

6. If you had some latakla, it would interest you as

(a) an antique dealer, (b) a connoisseur of wines, (c) Naherman, (d) a smoker, (e) a farmer.

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7. Who were the runner-up in the County Cricket Championships last year?

8. What was the real name of Lewis Carroll, author of "Alice in

9. A tripos is:

(a) an island in the pean Wonderland"?

Sea (b) part of a photographer's equipment, (c) Cambridge Unl versity examination, (d) electri cal instrument.

says: first that the British would laugh at About Mr. Churchill he EFORE the war began, the British, Fritsche-who is, in fact, a German- B. liniener favourite comle

was speaking announcer of Beriin radio "This somewhat dissipated, and very his speakers on the radio. But when undoubtedly Arthur Askey. But now and nothing like Haw-How whatever. extravagant old man became one of they did laugh, the astute Goebbels I shall not add another name to the British Ministers-not because of didn't mind. He knows that the many Englishmen consider that the

inore important | laugh. best laugh on the air is to be got by the list; for the fact is that Haw- his proficiency in the arts of false-English will always listen for a switching on the German radio pro-Haw is not one person, but several. hood, but for the

a close friend of

✡ At least two different volees-similar reason that he paganda is English.

The hiventor of the name given to but distinct-broadcast in English on Barney Baruch,

THEY repeat items heard on the the new favourite was Jonah Bar-the wavelengths of Cologne, Ham-

"In order that this Jewish inter-1 German radio. The items are as rington

radio' columnist of the Dally burg and Zeesen.

words "Lord How- They are neither English nor Scot-national Anancler might calabush Express. The

to wonder if there some people begin Haw were first printed on Septem-tish volees. They make errors like complete control over the whole funny as they are obvious lies. But ber 18, 1930. Departing from their pronouncing "catastrophe" as "catas policy of the British Cabinet it was law-Haw's stories get about and

gentleman be held by some usual custom. other papers adopted a treat" and saying "on the Cabinet" necessary that a new position should really might not be something in one or two of them. Many, for instance, nickname coined by a rival. it was for in the Cabinet."

were half-convinced that something Behind the voices are those who Jewish than the Jow himself.

What is the point of it all? It's had happened to the Ark Royal A so appropriate.

write the "copy." They are pretty certarly different people from those often self-contradictory. It has in- small minority are always only too cluded allegations of a food-shortage willing to believe that "International who read at.

There can be no doubt that Haw in Britain which listenera know is capitalists" have driven Beltain Into

war.

So the Haw-How propaganda is Haw is a synthetic character, several hot true. It declares at one and the

It does not aphedi 10` ren- is starving women and children lind persens. How many it is hard to say sind time that the British blockade but probably about five.

/Sunning: Consider, for a momcat, Haw-that it is. Ineffective. Many of the is a weapon which can be claims are so fantastic that it seems handled only by our side but works at times as though How-How is merely by repetition. Cloebbels and "British people, nak your Govern parodying himself.

his, henchmen, know that if enough or DKN It would be a mistake to suppose mud is thrown, some of it will stick. spy; (2) an ex-member, of Oswald meat-Where Is the Ark Royal? Mosley's aldir; (5) a thirty-year-old They will toll you that she is still German named Hoffman, who has an afloat. We can tell you that she is that Dr. Goebbels does not renilee And Haw-How is Germany's Number

this. He may not have realised at Che Mud-throwers! English wife; (4) a Prince; (6) Hans at the bottom of the zen.

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"Five different identities were given on unshakable evidence." he Haw's material, writes (1) A well-known British

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