Word: hei
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Hei Tiki (Alexander Markey) belongs to that class of films which theatre managers advertise with lobby displays of excelsior and old straw, to represent South Sea Island residences. The cast contains The Virgin Bride, Her Lover and Her Father, all performed by natives. There is a volcano in the background. The dialog is entirely unintelligible...
Every picture like Hei Tiki brings with it the hope that, in their painstaking investigation of Pacific nooks and crannies, cinema producers have at last discovered one island where the aborigines' routine is distinct from that pursued in all the other ocean fly specks. In the case of Hei Tiki, a widely exploited picture made on The Isle of Ghosts, New Zealand, by the one-time editor of Pearson's Magazine, these hopes seemed reasonable and it is therefore the more painful that they are not realized. In Hei Tiki, as usual, the chieftain's daughter takes...
...what a misunderstood man her husband had been. Then she drifted into burlesque. The final low of her theatrical career was hit at Coney Island in a sideshow. When not on duty she liked to go to the shooting galleries. Kiki Roberts, who is pretty, did considerably better in hei vaudeville appearances. This spring Mrs. Diamond got to drinking, and when she drank she talked. In a Brooklyn speakeasy the fat and garrulous widow would boast that she was "tired protecting a lot of mugs." Last week some mug put a .38 revolver very close to her temple and killed...
...contains twelve transcriptions from organ and instrumental music by Bach for the piano. Each one is made by a different modern composer of high ability for that great Bach enthusiast, who appeared not long ago as soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The choral prelude and choral "Ach, bleth hei uns. Herr Jesu Christ," for instance is done by Vaughan Williams, whereas the Andante of the second Brandenburg Concerto is transcribed by Eugene Geosens. Care has been taken in all cases to keep as near the original harmony as possible. The book should be valuable to anyone who enjoys Bach...