One of our correspondents complains forcibly of the piano used at the Olympic. Ordinarily the music at this particular "movie" house is fairly good, in fact a more generous phrase would often not be inapplicable. But in the main the music provided at cinema theatres in Shanghai is of a dreadful quality; the stuff chosen is cheap and inappropriate and the execution shocking, the instruments playing out of tune, time and agreement. We shall probably be countered with the retort of big rents, big running expenses and so forth. But considering the higher charges for seats, as compared, say, with England. and the numbers of patrons, night after night, we certainly think that cinema proprietors might improve 2 part of the show which means so much to the evening's enjoyment.
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