The Archive · 1928

Passion for the Pictures

giv] us a motion picture star received A severe jolt on Aug. 31 at Provision. to be a motion picture theatre owner and also a cinema producer was hailed before the court on the charge of abducting the young lady from the home of her aunt, Nyi Sung-sz on May 13 last.

Tsang related that the girl had the cinema craze badly and that she came to him with the suggestion that he put her in pictures. Agrec-Jing to help her, it was necessary that '#he go to Hankow where she appearil in one picture and has not been keen upon the silver screen since, "Anyhow," Tsang told the court, "she gnc a' contract with me for 18] months and it still has considerable} time to run.

The irate aunt, however, claimed no knowledge of any contract but. expressed great indignation that her niece should take up stich a means of livelihood. It was evklent that the excited Indy's regard for cinema ators, was, well, not very high.

The outcome was that Tsang found At necessary to post a bond of $200. until a witness evuld be found for! the defence,

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