Afier two days' delay, the Gaumont ish film "I's Love Again" opened, unheralded, at the Cathay Theatre fon Mar, 27° While the reason for the delay is complimentary to the Alm company concerned, and an indiention of the popularity of Miss Jessie Matthews in China, it is bolloved that the fact that the showing had to be postponed to that day, when the three foreign morning papers were not issued, resulted in a certain amount of financial loss, The censors at Nanking received the film over a fortnight ago, and 0 the management of the theatre fell free to advertise its opening night as last Thursday. Ili the meantime, however, the censors hind been approsich fed by the host of some distinguished Visitors to Hangchow with the request that they toan him the film, as he Matthews "was a of his guests, Not delay' might be, to say' the least, inconvenient, the cen sors obligingly granted the request.
But the generous host had a birth= day celebration, which fell on one day during the' past week in. mind and the story came to light' when the film failed to return to Shanghat and fenguities wore Instily made. Every effort was made to hasten the trans mission of the film from Hangchow to Nanking and down to Shanghai, and fortunately "Is Love Again" was lo to arrive here in time for the week-end, late but with enhanced prestige given to it by the delighted audience at the private birthday:
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.