"Blackmail" is the, first ail-taliin film to be made in Englan : REE ile the recofding was done by photophone a¥atem, has been ND cioghe hailed by the A [Beith press as an outstanding na- al 'success--and justly so, It "moves, talks and lives, "Director Alfred Hitchcock never | forgets for.a minute that he is mak- ing a motion picture. He does not "forget the camera is the new fascls "acters act in pantomine as well as £5 on of the microphone. His char. "Blackmail" is first evidence that ibe talking picture provides a won- opportunity for the vse of the th A talent that has long made don stage a leader which has . onde each year several of New ork's most brilliant and successful | plays. The nation and stage which Boers Ehakespeare, Shaw, Barrie, ro, Chaplin, Forbes-Robertson, erry, ete, may be counted up- on len much to the audible screen and America as well as the Empire will both henefit as a result, British International Pictures, Ltd, Start THE OSHAWA DALY TIMES, SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1930 Interesting Pen Impres- sions of the Coming Attractions on ..., Pe b-------------- the producers of "Blackmail" and the pa! English lm llenged leader in roduction, is fully alive to the op- unity brought by sound, At their studios in. Elstree, near Lontlon, ve sound stages, equipped with the test R.C.A. mechanism are ulready n operation with more to follow, Wig list of Hitles, authors, di and stars in 'the company's of talking pictures schaduied for for ve Idase "during the Sowing, season in America by Somo Art-World Wide Pictures promises much varied and worth-while entertainment and some genuinely unusual novelties. "Blackmail" comes to fhe New Martie Theatre todav and will play there on Monday and Tuesday. Coal Owners Object to Government's Mines Bill London, Mar. 15~-The great ma- jority. of the coal mine owners of the United Kingdom are against the Government's cox! bill and ean e in it no good, This was made plain Thursday at an owners meeting which represented' 90 per cent. of the emort trade and the largest part of the coal output, 1t was decided to record united op- nosition "to all and every part of the "ill in view of its fundamental unsoundness and the impossibility of making anv of its provisions work in the interests of the industry." Your | Chick's Right "Use our Sunbeam or Ful'o'Pep Chick - Cooper Company OSHAWA "16 Caine st. Starting Mash and Chick Scratch CHICK DRINKING FOUNTS, MASH HOPPERS, ~ CHICK GRIT; ETC. Smith Phone 8 ro p-- Ms -------------- Who's Who & What's What in the Amuse- ment a ONG SHOTS AND CLOSE OFS "One Romantic Night" is the title under whigh Ferenc Molnar's "The Swan" will gome to film theatres, Lillian GisR being its star and Rod LaRocque, Conrad Nagel, Mariegressler and O, P, Heggie, also being in its cast, Paul Stein direct The filh is completed, Martha Norelius, the world's greatest aquatic star, demonstrates the ease and rhythm of perfect strokes in "Splashing Through," a new Pathe Sportlight, "Caught Short" has been selected as final title for the Marie Dress- ler-Polly Moran picture now being completed at the Metro- ~Goldwyn- Mayer studio, The former title of this film was "Margin Mugs," and it deals with the tribulation of two housewives caught in the recent market turmoil, Frederic March who recently played in support of Ruth Chatters ton, in "Sarah and Son," has just been cast opposite Clara Bow in her next talking vehicle, "Trus to the Navy," Harry Green, whose next appearance will be In Nancy Carroll's starring picture, "Honey," also has been assigned to Miss Bow's company. new policy of associate producers at Universal oy yesterday designated Albert DeMond, as asso articularly to the comedies, soon to be In line with th City, Carl Laemmle, ciate producer. He will give his attention His latest picture is "The Cohens and Kellys in Scotland," released, ------------------ Edwin Carewe, screen producer and director, has just returned to Hollywood from a vacation trip to Havana, Cuba, to start work on "The Spoilers," which will star George Bancroft. Bartlett Cormack, author of "The Racket," has been working on the screen adaption of Rex Beach's story. "Mamba," a story of love, fighting and' adventure, allstalking and done Mans" in Technicolor, opens at the Gaiety Theatre Monday evens ing, March 10th, it as the first allTechnicolor drama, Eleanor Boardman and Ralph Forbes, Tiffany which is releasing this production, acclaims In the cast are Jean Hersholt, Carl Laemmle, Jr. has announced the cast of the Universal Special Wachee Fabian entitled "What Men Want" ' It includes Mary rt Ellis and Hallam Cooley, Ernest Laemmle * in production at Universal City as soon as Mary Nolan has finished her role in "Carnival Girl." ro > LTC ' ik 3 an or torn sir ng er 'will: fi ies ae rv a meaiden's love whinp- er. , , drama as bl MB a Vvioliv, 5 GRANDE" send 'you GRANDS Fie 40d dle of pve? . comedy as light as N\ Ke apitog' \Q {4 § tainment Ravishing Romances . lody -- Lariguishing Senoritas ad Antonie Moreno in "Romance of Rio Grande" Arizona," b=Beene from the Gaunont ploturs "High Canadian presentation in Dehawa , Cyril Ritchard nent 4m Ondra in "Black Mail"! Treason" Eas DN. REGENT TO PRESENT BIG BRITISH PICTURE Porlong and Irish Are With current talk throughout | the Dominion for more British plc | tures Leon Osler, manager of the) Regent Theatre, semes forth with | the announcement that Oshliwa in| A, to be treated to a premier. Cana- | dian presentation of Gaumont-Brie tish Film Company's all-talking spectacle "High Treo. son" next Wodnesduy, The Bri. | yesterday, Ish press acélaifi "High Treason '| 9d ln court, as the greatest rll-dialogue film | two arise out of the will of the lat ever made being & makterly pro-| Alexander MacDousld, duction full of novel and Imagina- | tive ideas of what présent mechan Ileal development will attain to in ten years' time, plus a melodram- Atle story of the struggle between the forces for peace and tho forces for war. The coming of this at- | traction will be something unique! in the annals of theatrical history | In Oshawa, as loca) lovers of the | Jémes M..Thomas, screen will have the opportunity | agent, died In Baltimore, of seeing this remarkable British | Ravens have killed Winnipeg, Forlong and Wm, Maon,, Mar, Neither intended for marrie Watford (Er | were with children, un house from a single man, Romance of Rio Grande and who last appeared here in sesing ts premier Remanded at Winnipe, Stricken while walking on street 65, dite insurance | | 16~=John A, Irish 'fac. ing charges of subornation of per | Jury and conwpirucy were remand- sensational | 6d until March 12 when their nam- | o8 wore cilled In police court here accused appoar- All cares against the On the grounds that such houses gouples | gland) Council have obtained possession of many new- production In advance of all other | born lambs on the North Wales up- Canadian cities, | lands, I --.---. rr ------ | i Theatre patrons Vv ons Yo prefer thelr entertainment packed with unpex-~ pectancies and a pronounced noto of romance will find a pleture to their heart's desire in the all-talk- Ing with musical background pro- duction "Romance nf Rio Grande" manager Osler's-new offering come mencing ut the Regent, "Romance of Rio Grande" is & story of the west in ploneer times revolving around the opposing forces meoking to conquer the plains, and especially one particu- Ar vast estate pelow 'the Rilo Grande border, It is an udaption of Katherine Gerould's stirring novel of the Spanish conguist ador," titled "Conquistador," and in its conversion to the talking screen, Alfred Santell, the director, has done a masterful job in retain- ing the poignant beauty of locale nnd pulsating romance which pre- dominates the. story, Clever casting is mainly respons sible for this grand product which ERIM Fox has turned out, _ {Romance of Rio Grande Genuine Romantic Treat Warner Bax ter, a striking' personslity In ro mantic roles, and Mdry Duncan, raven haired beauty who has been scoring repeatedly in stellar pers formancos, enact the two pringipsl roles, Baxter's performance stamps Wim as, the ace delipeator of ro« mantic 'ononlieres, ois work even surpassing his brillant characters Igation in "In OM Arizona." A score lively Spanish tunes and two spéclal songs are introduced in the pieture, "Ride On, Vaquero," and the theme song, "You'll find the Answer in My Kyes," products of the gifted Sompoers, W. Wolte Gilbert and Abel Baer, Also on the current Regent pro- gramme will'be found Harry Lang. don, tbat frozen-fa nd comedian iv a hi) tous twenty minutes of fun called *The fighting Parson' togeth- or with another of those popular sing-song cartoons that make ev- orybody sing, entitled "Oh, You Beautiful Doll,"* A 100? Talking Picture-that Moves IT IS A 'STORY OF A FOOLISH GIRL! - A Detective Caught i in A Love Trap ! ! ms GOOD ! She Seid -- 1 "I Think A Girl Knows When She Can Trust a Man" re Although the fast, moving dramatic story of "Blackmail" yever lags for an instant, there is much added in its authentic land Yard, the ol House, the Added latarest h Sisoum: Corser Thames streets inf tho: West End and ve Chaple, orulsing police cars for wireless communication land Yard, tho House of "Parliament, eto, are seen, and thelr incidental sounds clearly heard, ~ '--A PICTURE THAT WILD HOLD YOU OF YOUR SEAT 'ON. THE EDGE BTS: 552. J SER PND a RR