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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1934
THE CHINA MAIL.
TALKIE TALKS
by Diane
WHEELER AND WOOLSEY GREAT IN "SO THIS IS AFRICA”
ALL-STAR CAST OF "NIGHT FLIGHT" MAKES STELLAR PICTURE.
Marx Brothers Madder And Funnier Than Ever In "Duck Soup."
"Duck Soup."*
of the pilots, and the thrills of With each fresh appearance of these brave men whose manager is the four Marx Brothers in Alms, determined that, no matter what the plot of the production grows the weather, the air mail must fly thinner, the puns more atrocious--by night. yet, for some, mysterious reason.
John Barrymore heads the all- "Duck Soup" in even funnier than tar cast. Clark Gable, Robert | its forerunners,
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Bert Wheeler, Raquel Torres and Robert Woolsey in "So This Is Africal"'—A Columbia Picture
The Week At The Star. Inegro cast. Now again, with the Montgomery, and William Gargan value of humour, especially at this characters are negroes.
Every theatre recognizes the exception of Dudley Digges, all the Groucho. Harpo, (I regret he share the perils, and Helen Hayes time.
At the Star we are to have does not, in this picture, play the and Myrna Loy are those who
the famous Metro All-comedy pro- for which he wasserve, by waiting. A picture you named), Chico and Zeppo (playing would be foolish to, missamme, which is sure to pack the
theatre.
instrument
Tags
Straught can take ancient and the oldest situations and turn)
Queen's).
"The Private Life Of Henry VIE"
these shopworn matters into one long langh.
"The Private Life of
The plot is supposed to concern VIII"
a mythical State of Fredonia. The Korda, the Hungerian production is elaborately staged, with rare and has sume tuneful music,
Henry
The principal character of the pullman porter who becomes Em- peror of an Island in the Carribean Seas, does not call for sympathy, and but Robeson gives a very fine in- well-terpretation of the role. Coming
soon to the King's.
Then Marie Dressler Wallace Beery in an exciting, acted. play "Tugboat Annie."
This is followed by one of the
seen, is here
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is directed by Alexander most amusing of all the Lee Tracy
"The Power and the Glory." Followed by Spencer Tracy port Director, comedies, "The Nuisance," with raging one of his best roles to date, skill, while the photo- Madge Evans, Charles Butterworth in "The Power and the Glory." graphy and sound are among the and Frank Morgan. This com- which attempts something unusual One of the mast absurd situa-best yet turned out by any British pliented melodrama of a crooked in story telling, as it begins at the tlour is where Graucho, on
the studio. battlefield, enlls for help, when Charles Laughton
lawyer has speed, laughs and tears. death of the principal character, makes the Personally advised. charging elephants, runners, rac-principal character blustering, re-
and retraces his life. Hollywood ing crews and porpoises respond. cognize the character, but the pro
"When Ladies Mect," one of the has coined the new word "Narrat. 5 MINUTES The Four Marxes are madder duction wisely attempts no episodic room comedies ever
most. delightfully-acted drawing-age" to describe the novelty.
Colleen Moore, the famous flap. like nothing except something turn-the statesmanship of the bluffin. Anne Harding, Robert Per of the Movies makes a welcome
Helen ed out from a lunatic asylum. The King.
Montgomery, Alice Brady, (alone come-back. children will enjoy this. (King's). It shows us the Royal lover with worth the price of admission) and Ralph Morgan, with expert direc "Meet the Baron." five out of his six wives. Laughton's Myrna Loy; what a cast and what ion by William K. Howard, make "Meet the Baron" in violent alap-make-up uncannily resembles the play! All coming to the Star, this a film I can highly recommend.
Kowloon.
This Fox feature will be shown stick, with a famous radio enter-painting by Holbein,
shortly at the King's. tainer, Jack Pearl, enacting the The settings and costumes are
Coming To The Queen's. role of Baron Munchausen, whom gorgeous, and the wearers
"The Day of Reckoning" is un-
Short Shots. he has been portraying over the part of it all—not as though dress.usual, but 症 little depressing. air for many months.
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Roger Pryor, so much liked in "Moonlight and Pretzels," has Jeanette Macdonald will act in signed to Universal. another Metro film of the "gay 'nineties."
Genevieve Tobin and Colleen
Gary Cooper will co-star ed for a fancy-dress Ball. Hamp-Richard Dix and Madge Evans start Claudette Colbert in his last theton Court glows with the beauty out on a happily married life, but ture for Paramount Baron's many adventures in which and luxury of the 16th century. before the picture enda nearly Phillips Holmes has Jimmy Durante with Ted Healey Second from an acting point ofjeveryone is dead or in prison. publicly announced his and his Stoopes, add to the hilarity. view comes Mrs. Laughton (Elsa, Among the cast we will find ment to Florence, daughter Zazu Pitts, and Edna May Oliver Lanchester) as Anne of Cleves, the Stuart Erwin, Conway Tearle, Una famous aporta-writer are among the cast which try to third unwanted wife of the King. Merkel and Isabel Jewel. Not for Rice. help the plot. But the come- She almost steals the two scenes
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Followed by one one absurd situation after another There is an enormously long bite of the year, "Bombshell," in of the biggest brings its full quota of laughs. cast, and the lovely wives, with which Metro certainly show up the Pearl is an enormous favourite Binnie Barnes well cast as the film industry in its funniest aspects.. in the States, but he has yet to scheming Catherine Howard, The picture deals with the life of
in Wendy Burrie as Jane Seymour, a pampered star, using brickbatsMoore are with Douglas Fairbanks prove his worth to audiences other parts of the world. Anyhow Merle Oberon (the Tasmanian of ridicule and satire, as we are We have "Schnozzle," Zazu and girl) as Anne Baleyn, and Everley shown how her fame is built. There Junr, in his next R.K.O. picture.
Gregg as Jane Parr, do the best is little, if any, exaggeration.
Carl Brisson has gone to Holly- wood. accompanied by his wife
Ginger Rogers will be leading Romance" for Warners.
A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mr. Robert Young.
The screen, reunion of Gaynor and Farrell calls for two pictures the film is
a year from the most popular team ever in pictures. •
Miss Oliver.--(Queen's).
"This Day And Age."
"This Day and Age", Cecil B de
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dominates everything Lee Tracy in the notorious press- The story tells of the youth of and everybody.
agent, and wine fresh honours. He high-school nge and their indignu-; The film is full of weddings, in-is mainly responsible for the tlon at the futility of justice. They trigues, beheadings and banqueta, iaughter with which kidnap a racketeer, and place him with an atmosphere and back- loaded. on trial with themselves as the ground as perfect as good direc- It was during the making of this Busby Berkeley, dance director judges.
tion can make them. Korda may picture that Jean Harlow married of so many Hollywood successes, The outstanding acting comes sacrifice historical dignity and the chief cameraman, Harold Ros-le to direct the dance ensembles from Charles Bickford. Perhaps accuracy, but he gives us real en- To date, they are still mar- for "Sons O' Guns," in which Jack the confession wrung from him tertainment.
ried.—(Queen's).
"I am a Fugitive from a Chain-gang."
MEXICO RESTRICTS SALT INDUSTRY.
Exploitation Banned
Near Coastline.
Mexico City. mile limit adjoining the Mexican Salt exploitation within a three-
Coastlines has been restricted by The passing of the old Mack decree of the Ministry of National
Buchanan and Lili Damita are to when lowered Into a rat-pit would If some of the critical-minded
Jappear at Elstree, hardly be recognised by law; but think it a travesty of history and a
Wheeler and Woolsey will do & The is so powerful here that he al- caricature of the King, other most demands one's sympathy, critics everywhere are acclaiming cruelty that points an accusing Henry V with Zasu Pitts and This is a powerful story of stark burlesque of "The Private Life of Richard Cromwell, as the leader the film, and handing bouquets to finger at the inhuman treatment Thelma Todd.","*/ of the gang, is also excellent. Kords and the whole cast. I cer- meted out to many unfortunate have never seen this lad let a part tainly advise everyone seeing it.-convicts by the prison authorities Sennett studio is one of the trage Economy, according to the
(King's).
in the United States torture that dies of the talkies. The old-style York Herald Tribune, Oriental, Theatre!
A
New
Cobla zone was declared a nation-
down.
Judith Allen, a much heralded
can only be compared with that of two-reel comedy ""shorts" are not newcomer, is quite attractive, and I think one of the best full- the days of the galley slaves, the cast contains many names well length films Laurel and Hardy have
wanted any longer. Paul Muni (seen here as Scar
al reserve and special permits Were known to "fans", through their given us is "Fra Diavolo." The face) gives a masterly perfor Swanson, Mabel Normand, Charlie the land where salt had been form- I recall the names of Glorie necessary in order to make use of famous parents.
Oriental know the value of thess mance as the returned soldier, who Chaplin, Carole Lombard, Bebe ed by sea water deposits-Reuter This film should prove to be a popular comedians at holiday time. becomes an accomplice in a crime Daniels, Phyllis Haver, Wallace 'big draw in the coming holidays at This is followed by Spencer and is sentenced to ten years in Beery, Bally Ellers, and, crowds of the new and already tremondously Tracy, Stuart Erwin and Marian the chain-gang, ng.. popular Kowloon “Alhambra."
others who had their training In Nixon fa a comedy-druma "Face In Director Mervyn le Roy has one and two-reelers, the Sky." Be sure to see thess at made a fine, vivid but depressing, the Oriental.
"So This Is Africa,"
.
and
Although "So This Is Africa,
Sennett is new "broke,” and picture. Followed by "the Columbia release of the famous!
"Silver attributes his failure to the Majestic Attractions, Dollar," which gives Edward G changed tarte of his publie, who pair Wheeler and Woolsey, is one One musical after another at the Robinson a fine chance in the role much prefer Mickey Mouse of their funniest, I must confess Majestic, which should prove big of a one-time, famous character, other cartoons. Hal Rosch, Lau that it is so crammed with risque hila, Firat comes "The Kid from H, W. Tabor, whose rise to wealth and Hardy, Charlie Chase and material that I wonder if the cen-Spain," with the inimitable Eddie and power was one of the most few more are all that now remain sor will pass it...
Cantor, Robert Young, and very fabulous in the history of the in the comedy "short Bert Wheeler told me that, after lovely girls, the first showing in Hollywood, the
Mawath Mary Pickford arnéð Then next these is Universal Bebe Daniels and Aline Mac-plasa perce scissors got to work, and with release for which I have been Mahon, with a long cast, help to recent, vaudeville fascinating Requel Torres, Esther anxiously waiting-Moonlight and make an absorbing "and gripping one week in New Muir and Henry Armetta as foils, Pretzels.
atory. Not to be missed. Due at
States:
the film was made presentable for Mary Brian, Lillan alles, and the Alhambra,, children as well an adults. It la Enger Pryor with a capable cast"Emperor Jomen.”” sure to pack the Alhambra make a back-stage story more than It took's courage to pro
The two stars, as animal-bunters interesting. The song hit "Ah, Eugene O'Neil'aix In Africa, who out-Tartan, Tarzan, But Is It Love," is Introduced with
and burlesque, every animal, pic ture ever produced, will unques tionably, give one®. ing's enjoyme Coming to
You might thi
offect, and there are many other world numbers and dances worth seeing hear and hearing Don't mis
Then comes "Mel
with Charles Ruggles, Helen Mack, and?
Fight's style comedian
Quite fanpy, and, wivés Umokinted.(Majestio.)
Jones, but
opportun
Robeson,
Alm
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14th,
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