London, July 5.
Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secreta: obligations in North China. reply, Mr. Butler said that the must confess that, until yesterday at any rate, the name of Alexander Graham Bell meant little to him. This is rather a surprising fact considering j;|tkat he has daily been using the wonderful product of Mr. Bell's brain throughout his journalistic career in England and Shanghai, and it only goes to show how the modern generation just fakes for granted the magnificent work of those early pioneers, without which, there is no earthly doubt, we should not be enjoying the more advanced discoveries Such as wireless and television today. Yesterday at the Cathay Theatre thi vnforgiveable lack of knowledge of the life of a great man, who gave the world the fruits of his self-sacrifice and devotion to an ideal, was corrected in mo uncertain way by Twentieth Century Fox's (and Mr. Darryl F. Zanuck's) film story, "The Life of Alexander Graham Bell." The inventor of the telephone is played by Mr. Don Ameche, while Miss Loretta Young, who has appeared in many historical films lately, appears satisfactorily as Mabel Gardiner Hubbard, a deaf girl, who inspired Bell to continue with his invention and not resume his teaching of elocution. The story contains much valuable material, is well-presented and exciting. Cinemagoers will hear Bell's first words over the telephone, will learn of his partnership with Mabel Hubbard's father, played by Mr. Charles Coburn, his fight with Western Union and of his meeting with Queen Victoria. As an authentic biography of a great man this film should be seen by everybody.—Rs.
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