Sunday Post - 06.10.1940, Síða 3

SUNDAY POST
News in brief.
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London, Oct. 5th.
The Duke and Duchess of
Windsor are to visit the U.S.A.
as soon as the Duke’s official
duties permit.
The town of Windsor, Onta-
rio, Canada is joining Windsor
in England in raising money
for the purchase of a Spitfire
which is to be called Windsor.
In Friday’s daylight attacks
Blenheim bombers wrecked the
important railway line to Cher-
bourg.
On Friday President Roose-
velt told a press conference
that there had been no slacken-
ing of U.S.A. aid to Great
Britain, and that Canadian
pilots would be trained in U. S.
A. during the winter.
THIS WEEK AT THE
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Nyja Bio:
The Rains came.
The Nyja Bio which perhaps
lapsed last week from its usual
remarkably h:gh standard is back
again with a bang this week.
The film shows what became
of the rather unreal lives of a
graup of Europeans in India
when “The Rains Came”. Myrna
Loy for once plays the part not
°f the „Screens most perfect
Wife” but of a Bad woman —
we seem to be getting rathetr a
spate of these “unusual roles” re-
cently. George Brent is a “remit-
tance man” and Tyrone Power
an idealistic young Major in the
Indian Medical Service.
Whether this film gives an
accurate picture of Indian life or
not I cannot say but I rather su-
spect that there must be several
senior officers now in Iceland who
would be able to pick out several
“howlers1*. i
To the ignorant layman, how-
ever, it is very convincing. The
dignified old Mahrani, heir to an
ancient and noble tradition but
able to understand modern ideas
and see the crying need for ret-
forms; the rather objectionable
young Indian trying desperately
with his monocle and his sham
pUbli-school slang to appear like
an Englishman; the gushing Ame-
rican hostess with her garden-
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Broadcasts In English
from Reykjavik.
The British Authori-
ties have arranged a
series of broadcasts in
English from Reykja-
vik Radio Station
(wavelength 1442 met-
res). The broadcasts are
especially intended for
the British troops and
include news and enter-
tainment items.
These programmes
will he broadcast on
Monday, Wednesday !
and Friday from 5.15 to
6.15 p.m.
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parties and passion for titles; the
nobly-born young Indian doctor
working for the good of his
countrymen against the formi-
dable obstacles of ignorance and
superstition and behind them all
the millions of picturesque, po-
verty-stricken natives, inveterate!
victims of plague, famine and
flood.
Tyrone Power makes a good
Indian. I have never been a great
c.'a v of his and this performince
came as a pleasant surprise. It is
strange but while there are hosts
of Negroes, Chinese and Japa-
nese film actors I can never re-
member seeing an Hindoo, so if
CINEMA
the Indians take exception to (this
performance it is up to them to)
produce some stars of their own.
Be that as it may he is much
more convincing as an Indian
than George Brent as an Eng-
lishman! Brent gives an excellant
performance but surely it is not
necessary to cast an American
in this role.
Brenda Joyce as a romantic
flapper is charming while Maria
Ouispenskaya gives a fire per-
formance as the Mahrani.
The flood is on the usual majui
ficent Hollyvood saale.as are the
palaae scenes. In short it is a
very good film.
IN OCCUPIED BELGIUM.
(Continued from page 2.)
people’s attitude to occupation
the correspondent has an in-
teresting story to tell.
“On September 1st a race-
meeting was held near Brus-
sels. One of the runners was
called Britannique. No one
seemed to know anything
about this horse but everyone
was backing it to win. By a
miracle it did and the crowd
went mad, roaring and laugh-
ing and shouting “Britannique,
Britannique” slapping each
other on the back and acting
as if they had not merely won
money but had received some
welcome sign from heaven!”
According to a Reuter mes-
sage from Stockholm Swedish
newspapermen in Berlin are
not allowed to send any re-
ports of damage caused by the
R.A.F. in Germany.
Japanese penetration of In-
do-China goes steadily on. i
113 children have arrived in
New Zealand from Great Brit-
ain. This is the second party
sent there.
Four of the crew of “Graf
von Spee” tried to escape and
had managed to get abord a Ja-
panese steamer in Valpariso
when the police caught them.
The Lord Mayor of London’s
Fund has topped the £ million
mark.
The government of Hong-
kong is giving £ 200,000 a
year to the British Government
during the war. Contributions
to purchase of aircraft are
pouring in.
The British military authori-
ties in Cairo have announced
that all is quiet in the western
desert.
Canada’s first prize, a Ger-
man motor vessel, is to be made
an auxiliary cruiser. This ship
was captured on Sept. _21st in
the Pacific. The captain had
been told that he was safe in
the Pacific as no British war-
ships were there.