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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1950.

BRITISH HILLBILLY SONGS GO DOWN WELL IN TEXAS

POCKET CARTOON -from America by OSBERT LANCASTER

CUSTOM MADE T

By J. W. Taylor

RITISH sales of gramophone records in America are booming as never before and are becoming an increasingly growing export gold- mine. Take a look at the official Board of Trade statistics of gross disc exports to America. In November, 1938, British firms sent only 1,000 records, chiefly of "The Lambeth Walk," and sales barely reached £55. By September, 1918, returns had gone up to 2,000,000 discs. And now con- currently British records are selling there at the rate of about 50,000,000 picces, with a big interest in the world's market for 2,000,000,000 gramo- phone needles.

new

now

of

It is not always the brand songs, almost but, not quite) "The Wedding of Lili Marlene,"

tune or

song that forgotten by the generation although it may never reach

the Zenith in sales sweeps the Yankoo juke- which hummed and whistled "Cruising Down the River,"

written by two boxes and music stores. them in their youth________

elderly It had аге *They The British Tin Pan Alley

proving retify stage women. boys are finding an amazing fascinatingly luneful and delight-long slheu had its swan song as fully refreshing to the suc-n possible tunes contest winner, demand oversens, as well as ceeding generation rather sa- but ita resurrection sales topped at home, for some of the old tinted with the blurb of Ameri- 750,000 in the Ausricon masket.

can Jazz importation:

Noctidale-born Gracle Fields There's the "Hop Scotch staggered the Tin Pan Alley boys Polka," written and recorded by when she launched the Anseri- Billy Whitlock over 40 years can success "Now is the Hour." ago. At 75, he was too old for She picked up this Swiss yodel- in Australia nud the muse halls and was eking Hing number out a living from the old age

nge broadcast it in new way. New odd jobs. pension and

Then York's Immediate response was somebody at a 1940 New York for 9,000 recordings, to be Down party thought to caure hilarity over. Eleven days later another by putting on Bill's old record. 32,000 went there

were soon told,

Dangerous Flight From Germany

Dublin, Feb. 21

A tiny sailing boat, converted from a rowboat, crept through the gale-swept seas, nimost smashed itself on a line of needle-edged rocks and crawled to the quiet of Wexford harbour.

It was n wow.

by air and

Ann Shelton's revival of the Aziute maestro Guy Loni- old Cockney rong "Down at the bardo who heard it got busy. A Old Bull and Bush" bad food search found Bill doing night sales despite no advertising, and watchman) sirect duty in there is the 60,000-n-year stendy London. Soon a modern record- sale of Ambrose's "Swing Low, Its pilot, radio-engineer] As they approached the tiny ing was made which swept the Sweet Chariot." T'aul Mulier, aged 63, and Berlin, the trawler skipper sig- North America market. Wackly

nalled to the Mullers to lower sales soared to 15,000; Bill's fir his daughter Aga, both re-their sails. Then they man-advancu royalties were £3,000

close

more--ylchman, fugees from the Sovlet zone oeuvred

to the Berlin, |-and- no e rope, and took it in what of the night" for him, of Germany, had reached threw

tow, another step in their

HARMONY WINNER South The Mullers' fares wer desperate flight to America.

fore.

WORLD SCOOPS

fillyhilly numbers....... Trearded in Brilain by London-born "ranchers", nte reaching peak sales la Texas! Broadway tong since shooed away "Nightingale

caked with salt on they came Lelcester psychiatrist Dr Ar- in Berkley Square"; now it is They lind not hulathur Colehan trotted out a hur-booming In South America, Anu When he w them near the shore.

called "Galway | whốn the "Manana" rhumba reel, Capt. Mark Bates of the hot meal since they left Milford mony winner

42nd Street, its success was so as was the rage on motor trawler Pride of Helvie Haven in Wales three days be-Day."

tonishing flint he thought of New York took 70,000 London- | called for nid and went [1

I seeing * brother psychiatrist recorded discs. their o stance.

about himself. Sheet muste sales registered 500,000 copies and disc profits topped $3,750,000.

Plan For Soldiers' Transfer

CLUTTERED CRAFT

At one time classical record- ins had only 12 percent British The Mullers were taken to a

sales abroad: It is now four restaurant for hot drinks and a

Lawrence Wright, who st times that. In one phenomenal meni, Beds were prepared for

sales of the them, but

young tonn compused the suc-month American despite their wear-cessful

heartburn "Don't Go album of "The Messiah", sung iners they refused to sleep Down the Mine, Daddy" and aby the Huddersfield Choral ushore, and returned to their

string of other successful soMMEN Society, reached 750,000, tiny but beloved boat.

ballads and dance tunes, many Britain's recording houses

n sizable have niso brought Ago launched It has only a

off world couple of feet years of freeboard and no engine.

It re-scoops like the entire output of winner in "Souvenirs."

made a really

come-back in the Scala Opera House in Milan The Emall eoekpit, "like the

such stol and Mozart Black

recordings of the Is public favour with Hole of Caleutia," The War Office has afluttered with tanks and gear, that it has made him the rietter Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. nounced the procedure to fund there is barely room to lie for now by £5,000.

the deck in a huddled be followed when National on Servicemen complete their position.

18 months service with the

"People

think I am crazy Regular Army and pass to and that my boat is crazy," he toughed, "but I know what I am doing."

the Territorial Army

Supplementary Reserve.

A National

or

The Mullers took three weeks

Serviceman will to make the short Journey from

normally be posted to

a TA Falmouth, England, to Wex-

unit within reasonable distance ford, In the 16-foot boat.

of his home. As fur ns possible

he will serve in the ratne Corps

The Mullere escaped from

as he has served hitherto, Where Germany via Berlin, Hamburg.

Famous Uritish books In re- Another British tune to smite corded versions are also selling the American car and purse is well in the States.

He Bestrides

London

The Stage

Christopher Fry has arisen in the last few months to

this cannot be arranged he will, Holland, Belgium, and France, bestride the London stage as Noel Coward did some 25 as far as possible, serve in and sail for England. trade or employment in which quite the hard times they havears ago; but whereas Caward was one of the foremost

he has already had experience faced, they

In the Army.

De-

are determined to

go on.

"We have met a lot of had When the posting has been

and Elorm," Muller decided, both his present (te-weather

broken English, and gular) unit and his future (Ter-said in

twice I have been thrown into ritorial) unit will be told, 215 will the main. Generally this the water.

will reach

Information

transfers from

MEETING THE C.O.

Many Territorial Command- ing Gülcers are anxiotin to meet their incoming National Servier- incti. Neither they nor even their small permanent regulai staff can be present day and night throughout the year lo receive incoming

men.

On the ather hand, men cannot be held periods merely nwalling

In Germany.

exponents of the naturalistig school, Fry is a poot, who depends on words rather than on situation and charactor. And the playgoing public, tired at last of the prosaic, is crowding to see the three Fry fantasies at present on view in London, writes Joan Littlefield,

run for

over

To

Last year, John Gielgud | Scofield), a witty Grande Dame produced and played in Mr Garret Rutherford) at the about six weeks before the man LONG VOYAGE AHEAD Fry's "The Lady's Not For Poor little dancer invited to the Ball at the great house as a pawn the Regular taj

Burning," a mediaeval lark, in the bad twin's game, Directed the Territorial Army.

"But I am quite sure my boat will stand up to the seas, I ex-packed with poetry and wit. by Peter Brooke and exquisitely this is the most elegant six, be seen in London pect it will take me about three That months to reach Brazil. From months and has now been for a long time. there I shall go on to Arguntino, succceded by the poet's Merwe, Sir Laurence Oli- where I hope to settle and bring translation of Jean Anouilh's vier has opened his regime as my wife and con, who are still Invitation au Chateau, actor-manager at the historie St

James's with Mr

Mr Fry's "Venus retitled "Ring Round

Observed." a tri

trifle about Moon."

elderly, still amorous Duke who Though this is in prose, it his son's rival for the hand of a young girl on the fame which he has invited decorated with Fry netophors, day on wh as well as with enchanting sets three of his ex-inistresses an und costumes by Oliver Meszel visit, with a view -to marrying and Incidental music by Richard one of them. There is an celipe Addinsell, whose Warsaw Con- and fire, wit and agats that cerlo will be remembered, It playing with words which makes tells of twin brothers, one bud, this author's work so exciting. one good (both played by Paul Settings, production and acting

nre alike impeccable.

for

long

Solution

"Land is cheap there, and I expect to make good ng a far- mer, with Aga to help me."

Aga told reperiors that the to Territorial units, A was not looking forward to the

has been on Atlantic voyage. at after lengthy discus-

"T do nol want to go on." sion between those concerned

"I should rather, stay by which then will

pass from the salt.

here where people are ro friend- full-time to part-tine service once a fortnight on Thursdays, and renerous, but Daddy is determined to go, and in spite Despatch of men will be ar- of my fear, I thall stay with

him ranged so that they arrive at

the HQ of the Territorial unit

The two have refused an offer

The

Polling Day, 1868

becomes

30

a

A third Fry offering at the outlying Lyric Theatre, Hammer- smith is an early one act the early afternoon, having:

Mrs E. J. Morris, 94-year-old. play, called "The Boy with the rent-five cottage in Wex-host of the Alma J, Macna Cart." about a young man who stayed the night, necessary, ford for the winter, until mort one of the depots. The various favourable weather would make yo

and oldest fecrare la trundles his mother in a wheel- formalities completel, It wilt:

Wales,

Is not expecting any barrow from Cornwall to Sussex Will an Atlantic trlj lees dangerous. for an be possible Henerally

thing 3

heetle at the Inn where, at Steyning, he persuades -omcer of the unit to have a

villagers to build a church, short talk with each man and, fugter may never reach their Election. She recalls that A arrange for him to come along ƒ destination. 'The boat, under polling day mab stripped the a little later on when he lins normal circumstances, they say, "local" of bedding, soaked played by Richard Burton and got himself best be Atled in to is so constructed as not to ship with liquor, and burned in the unit, The interview over, (water, but anything may happen{the open. Soldiers had to be the nian completes his Journey | in-mountainous scas-United called out to drive off the home,

rloters.

Wexford friends think the re-jon polling day as in the 186ghfs is based on the legend of

Press

St Cuthman. It is beautifully

Mary Jerrold.

Also in the programme is # revival of Sir James Barrie's "Shall we Join the Ladies?"

K. O. CANNON-

THRAE SHE 15,16,0,3 REGULAR GİNİ PALACE- THEY SAY! NOT AT ALL THE PLACE FOR VOUR MISE WHISPER.

SHE'S MY BOSS,

YOU IDIOT! NOT

(MY BLONDES,

The Riddle of the Red Domino

QUITE THE BEST NIGHT SINCE YOU TOOK OVER LIR. PROFILE-WILL MISS WHISPER DE SLEEPWO

HEAR ?

ONLY UNTIL THE DRUG WEARS OFF..I AM SHELTERINO HER FROM THE UNWELCOME-ATTENTIONS OF AN OAF NAMED. CANNON-,

NEWS IN PICTURES

THIS LITTLE PIG WENT TO MARKET~Thorp Boan, a farmer near Eldon, Missouri, was puzzled over the slight milk production of his Jersey cow until he spotted this scene in his barnyard. Betsy, the plg, was the milk pirnte, and she was leaving barely enough for the Boan family.

LIBRE

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POINTLESS PURCHASE-For the first time in nine years, motorists in Franco can buy gasoline without ration points. Here a driver in Paris makes a purchase, the price of which has been fixed by the French National Assembly.

FATAL ACCIDENT-One woman was killed and 10 others were Injured, two of them critically, in this spectacular three-car accident 50 miles cast of Hayward, California. The car in which the woman was killed lies overtur ned at the right.

FISH-FASHION-A Jewelled fish curls across the ́skirt of Ava Hall's one-piece satin swim suit. The cuffed bodice is held in place by a narrow halter strap, and the bathing cap is decorated with pair of

bbage roses.

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