Show Movie Invasion Gives Darkest China Gay White Ways' Ways of 25 Candlepower Jan 24 The P craze for movies has spread far into the interior in interior in- in tenor of province taking with it the first practical step toward modernization of ot the hinterland In towns so 50 remote that no white whiteman wl whiteman te teman man except the missionary attempts to reach them the coming of the film has forced the use of ot electric lights In many ninny of these pl places ces the thc movie house is the only spot after sunset is the largest of Chinese provinces It is three times as big as Texas and It has a population of But most of or It Is shut off from the outside world Good roads except for a few favored places exist only in the dreams of or ambitious officials One result of this condition Is tomake tomake to tomake make news reels popular with the movie fans Some of the small houses show only that kind of picture picture pic- pic ture lure Age is no barrier and films of ot events dating before the World war can still b seen Dramatic thrills especially when they savor of or the mysterious mSt or su supernatural supernatural supernatural su- su pack em In In the back country and the old American serials have large followings Comedy reels reeL however are a dead loss unless Imless of ot the slapstick variety 1 1 The sight of two men pelting each eachl other with custard pies puts a Chinese Chi nero nese audience into hysterics Talkies Not yet but maybe soon SOOIL |