WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1931.
ROUND THE LOCAL
CINEMAS.
Reviews from Official Sources.
"SOUP TO NUTS.”
"Kick In's" drama,
Wynne Gib son, Juliette Compton and Leslie Fenton head a brilliant array of supporting players.
The direction was in the hands of Richard Wal- lace, whose uncanny ability, for heightening dramatic effects, ob- served in his recent
drama with Buth Chatterton "The Right to Love" has here full daplay.
THE
success
CHINA MAIL.
RADIO
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.
Owen Davis wrote the stage play from which the screen version was adapteil. It was
tremendous #
during its long Yun OR Broadway and, on the rond. Frank
The following programme will R. Capra directed the picture which | be
broadcast to-day from the includes in its cast. such famous Hong Kong Broadcasting Station stars as 'Dorothy Revler, William Z.B.W, on
a wavelength of 855 Collier, Jun., John Roche, Agnes metres: Ayres, Fred Kelsey, Ethel Wales and Virginia Brown Fatre.
"Kick In." long a favourite as a stage play, is even more effective on the talking screen, where the dramatic changes of scene, and the Studio technicians at Movietoneleeting moods of His characters are City are lamenting their return to ordinary duty after'six weeks of un- bounded hilarity born when the first scene of Rube Goldberg's comedy. "Soup to Xuts." was film છે. Mirth continued unabated until the faint echo of the gargantuan giggles raised by the last ridiculous scene died way in the mists of early morning after shooting all night to complete the picture on schedule.
more directly and swiftly projected, It is swift, tense. emotional tirama, { of 'a splendid background for the new
}
Benjamin Stoloff, director of this comedy creation. from America's foremost cartoonist, declared upon finishing the picture that never in all his experience of directing thirty-three pictures for Fox Films, many of which were comedies, had he worked with sech irresistible
Bow charms.
"RESURRECTION."
The story of "Resurrection" a confession.
That fact is now being made public in connection with the forthcoming Oxford Press
edition of all of Count Leo Tolstoy's
"IT'S A WISE. CHILD."
One
Marion Davies realised
her childhood
ambitions she drove 13 -auto-
when mobile
5-7 p.m.--Chinese Programme. 6-6.30 p.m. Chinese Children's Programme.
7-10.30 p.m.-European Pro- gramme of M.V. and Victor Ite carde kindly supplied by Messrs. S. Moutrle and Co.
7.3-7.20 p.m.-Band Sleections.
ut top speed down a Syncopation (Creatore), boulevard, racing with a motorcycle Tripoli (D'Anna),
Creatore's Band, 35759. cop and finally driving the machine Semiramide-Overture (Rossini), through a picket fence. this for a scene in "It's a Wise She did
Creatore and His Band, 36827, 7.20-8 p.m.--Light Opera and Child," her new
Metro-Goldwyn-Musical Comedy. shortly to the Queen's Theatre. Mayer starring vehicle, coming
Veronique-Veral Gems, The Arcadians Vocal Gems,
Gems from-
works, an edition which will pre-Davies experienced was when she The only disappointment Mias sent for the first time the Tolstoy nevel, which has been the most saw the car Director Robert Z. widely read-in English of any of Leonard pick out for her a mid- his works in the original form in ket coupe. which he intended published:
have it ta
Light Opera Company, C1684.
"The Desert Song", "Countess Maritza"
Selections from "Show Boat","
Victor Light Opera Co., 36609.
O Man River.
Paul Whiteman & His Concert
Orchestra, 35912.
Gems from
"Rio Rita", "My Maryland",^«
J. Harold Murray & Victor Light Opera Company, 35814.
B p.m.-Local Time and Weather Report.
"That isn't big enough to do any damage" she fretted. The story is not only a confes- Nevertheless. the film star plung. anal uncontrollable "nuts" ns Tedston, but also for the first time ited it through the "breakaway" Healy and Rube Goldberg.
is now being disclosed by his fence, protected from the crash by Ad llb comedy was the order of biographer that the main complica-non-shatter windshield glass. When the day, everyday. Gags for tion of the "Resurrection" story, as she was through with the scene the the picture, which is to open
It will be seen as an all-talking and company agent paid off the automo the at
King's Theatre next
singing picture. at the Central bile owner with a cheque and a Thursday for the cast, for
Theatre, commencing on Friday, sigh. The remains went to the the workers and spectators, and netually happened in real life. In studio junk pile... for their own sweet sake were con-
fact it happened twice. The per-
Sidney Blackmer plays opposite stantly on tap, running like 7
sonal experience and the related ex-Miss Davies in the picturisation of stead stream from an inexhaus-erience, made such a deep expres- this Laurence Johnson stage hit and tible fund of brilliant wit and sion on Count Tolstoy that he ex- the cast includes Jimmy Gleason, comedy.
There was positively no such pended upon this book more pains, Polly Moran, Lester Vail, Mariel Doge's March (from "The Merchant of
more care, more of his own geniusPrevost, Clara Blandik, Robert
send the whole company into sales
of wholehearted laughter.
and knowledge of life and love than McWade, Johnny Arthur, Hilda he did on any of the other fiction Vaughn, Ben Alexander and Emily which he turned out so rapidly and Fitzroy, so successfully all his life..
"It's a Wise Child" was prepared for the screen by, Laurence E. Johnson, author of the play. from which the picture was adapted. In its original form. "It's a Child" played for a solid year on Broadway under the management of David Belasco.
Wise
SHADOW'S BEFORE
COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED
IN CHINA MAIL.
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Entertainments.
To-day King's Theatre; "Kick In."
To-day Queen's Theatre; "Pardon Us."
"The Donovan Affair."
Today Central Theatre;
Theatre:
To-day - Majestk Theatre, "The Marriage Playground."
Today Star The Trial of Mary Dugan."
Meeting. September 17-Y.M.C.A. mem- bers' meeting, 9 p.m. Sports.
See Sports Diary on Page 4.
Home Malls. To-day-Inward from Europe via Siberia, (Gange.)
To-morrow-Inward from Europe via Suez (Mantua).
་་
Lammert's Auction. September 17- At
Kowloon Naval Depot, old and surplus victualling stores, 9.30 a.m.
SUBURB NEARLY GASSED.
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A Brussels Alarm,
For three hours one morning in August the menace of death by gas poisoning brooded over the 70,000 Inhabitants of the big Brussels suburb of Molenbeek. Only prompt action by firemen and police averted masa disaster.
8.4-8.25 - p.m.-Organ Solos. Valse Mysterieuse (Meale),
Souvenir Di Valentino (Wood),
Arthur Meale, B3060. Organ Paraphrase on "Love's Old Sweet Song" (Molloy are. Mcale); (a) Morning Dew (Power); (b) The Old Oak Tree (Power),
Arthur Menle, C1529,
At 1 a.m., through some unex- Venice Rosse),
plained accident, the town's gas Reginald Foert, C1529. pressure suddenly went so low that' 9.25-8.50 p.m.--Humorous Num-all lights in the streets and houses ber's,
went out. Almost as suddenly it! Steel Guitar Solo-Old Bluck Joe,
returned again, and gas hissed out Sam-Ku-West, 21647. Song-
from thousands of unlit jets..
He's So Unusual, I'd Do Anything For You,
thing as maintaining seriousness while the picture was being filmed It could not be done. No sooner would Stoloff get the company settled for a serious bit of business
The story of "Resurrection", has than an extemperaneous gag from
been one which has appealed Charles Winninger, George Bickel. mightily to almost every form of Frances McCoy, Stanley Smith rart, having appeared prior to its some other of the score or
Saxophone Solo- more talking screen version in almost famous comedians in the cast would
every other form in which a human story can be told. It was first a newspaper serial, then a novel-- and that novel translated into 28 languages-then a stage play, a moving picture, a grand opera, and, now through the pains-taking and most reverent direction of Edwin Carewe, has reached the latest and most graphic means of expression. the talking screen, with John Boles playing the role of Dmitri and Lupe. Velez that of the wrong-vaudeville and ed ward in his aunt's home.
A
sort of
"Soup to Nuts" was written by Rube Goldberg as biography of all his famous cartoon characters. It is said to, contain
every laugh provoking element that
he used so effectively in his car-
tuons for the past quarter of a cen- tury, and for that reason lives up to despe:Itive title "Soup to
its
Nuts."
"KICK IN.".
"DONOVAN AFFAIRS."
Jack Holt rides a different sort of hobby in "The Donovan Affairs," the Columbia all-dialogue mystery commencing its engagement to-day
"LOVE, LIVE & LAUGH."
George Jessel, starred in the Fox Movietone all talking drama. "Love Live and Langh," the attraction &: the Star on Thursday, is a "jazz singer who never sang a jazz song.
Jessel, for many years on
musical comedy stage, gained his reputation as a jazz singer in the stage play of that name which he starred in for three
years.
the
Clara Bow, hersell, is the big kick in "Klek In," the Willard Mack drama on the talking screen, which is now showing at the King's Thea- tre. At last the red-headed "It" star steps out of her customary at the Central Theatre. Instead field. It's peculiar, though, how
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of the fiery Bow dashing
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of seeing Holt Batrides a horse. across the plains in pursuit of the dastardly villain who is clutching the wilting heroine in his arms; we see him in the role of a detective confronted with a very bißling murder mystery.
character and flashes on the screen
glimpse emotions.
"Kick In," Clara's first dramatie vehicle for the talkies, is a mighty. punchful. story of love versus the law. It deals with the struggles of an ex-convict, Regis Toomey, to Jack Halt is the only "Western "go straight." in spite of the hound- star" who is enjoying the same ing of a vicious detective, the plead popularity to-day, if not greater, ings of his underworld friends, and than he did when "Wild West" pic- the temptations of the "easy" road. tures were all the vogue.
As soon Clara is the motivating force in the as this type of picture became ex- atory, as the sweetheart who optinet, so far as the public was con- poses her charms to the forces that cerned, delineators of Western" try to drag the man she loves back roles were totally eclipsed. to a life of crime.
"But. I've never sung a jazz song in public," Jessel said. "My type of song is the ballad, I know it and I've never tried to step into another
people think of me as a jazz singer." In "Love, Live and Laugh," which was directed by William K. Howard. Jessel sings two original songs, es. pecially written for the Fox produc- tion by L. Wolfe Gilbert and Abel Baer, well known songwriters. The songs are, "A Song of Margharita" and "Two Little Baby Arms."
"CIMARRON."
In all the history of talking ple:: tures no greater cast than that as- sembled for the RKO Radio Pictures picturization of Edna Ferber's epic Columbia Pictures however, re-story of early Oklahoma, "Cimarron, Toomey, in the leading male role,cognised the ability of Holt as, which is the next change at the has, in "Kick In," a role that offers dramatic actor and created a new Queen's Theatre, him many more opportunities for Holt personality for the
screen.sembled.
has
been 25.
distinction than did his most He was cast in several productions. j Forty-three players, in addition famous part in “Alibi,”, in which he | but his role in "Flight" marked him | to the thousands of extras, enact won cast-to-coast acclaim. He is as one of the outstanding actors in definite parts, for the picture a fine dramatic actor, with an air | pletures to-day,
of belleveableness about him. The In "The Donovan Affair,” in the drama of "Kick In" is shared be- role of Inspector Killian, Halt tween him and Clara. Its success Resumes a characterisation he has is chiefly theirs.
never done before. In comment But, an excellent supporting casting on his part, Helt expressed a and a splendid directorial mind | great partiality for detective contribute added effectivencas
to yarns.
MAGGIE-
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WITH
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EYES..
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Helen Kane, 22080.
Serenade Badite, In' the Orient,
Rudy Wiedocft, 20086. Song
The Road to Vicksburg, The King of Borneo,
Frank Crumit, 27890, 8.50-9.31 p.m~~~ Rustic Wedding Symphony (Carl Gold-
mark).
.
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Robert Heger, M-103. 9.31-10.20 p.m.-A Concert.
Song-
Robin Adair (Keppel), The Last Rose of Summer (Moore),
Frances Alda (Soprano), 1168. Violin Solo
Rondino (Kreller). Fair Rosemary (Kreisler), Chorus
22052.
Fritz Kreisler, 1880.-
Let Us Cheer the Weary Traveller
(Old Folk Song), Somebody's Knocking.At Your Door,
(Old Folk Song),
Utica Institute Jubilee Singers,
Guitar Solo.
Courante (Bach), Sonatina in A Najor (Torroba),
Andros Segovia, 1298. Song-
Four Jolly Sailormen (German), On a January Morning (German),
Keith Falkner (Baritone), B3069. Song
Russian Nightingale Song (Alabieff),' (a) Clavelltos (Valverde), (b) Estrel
lita (Ponce),
Madam Amelita Galli-Curci
(Soprano), 1440. Piano Solo→→
By the Brookside (Stojowski), The Prophet Erd (Schumann),
Ignace Jan Paderewski, 1426. It's Nice to Get Up in the Morning But it's Nicer to Stay in Bed,. Doughie The Baker,
Sir Harry Lauder, 0010. 10,30 p.m.--Close Down.
New stamps bearing imprints of includes every character creat- decessed revolutionary leaders are ed by the author of this now said to be on sale. There are great story, which in book, ma-seven different kinds and they bear' gazine or newspaper, has been read the likeness of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, by millions..
Gen. Huang Haing, Gen. Chen Chi- Richard Dix is starred as Tancy mei, Mr. Sung Chiao-jen, Mr. Liao Cravat. Frene Dunne, as Sabra, Chung-hoi: Mr. Chu Chi-hain and plays opposite him.
General Teng Heng.
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Terror spread far and wide as householders were wakened out of their sleep by warning shouts from the streets. But the people quickly realised the danger and lost no time in seeing that their supplies were turned off. The precautions were i justified up to the hilt, for, so far as is known, there was not a single casualty, though it was zot until four in the morning that the reek of gas began to disappear from the night air.
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