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MAURICE
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WITH CLAUDETYS COLBERT
A Paramount Picture
TUESDAY
Why Sailors come homel
CLARA BOW
'True lo the Navy
a Paramount Plate
Cobs of Love! And Clara singe "There's Only One Who Matters,"
COMING
OMING
Paul
WHITEMAN KING OFJAZZ
Introducing the ab- solute PERFECTION of sound and color entertainmen!!
CENTRAL THEATRE,
THE BIG POND."
Claudette Colbert speaks perfect Parisian. French without a trace 'of English necent. Maurice Chevalier, Parisian of Parisians, is the author. ity for this statement. And Clau dette Colbert speaks English with out a trace of French necont, as millions of stage and screen theatre patrons who have seen and heard ker will admit.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1931.
THE SILVER SCREEN.
THE MINUTE THAT SEEMS A YEAR
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
(Copyright, 1936, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
CHINESE DROWNED AT CHEUNG WAN VILLAGERS CHASE ENDS
IN TRAGEDY,
A Chinese stranger, believed to
QUEEN'S
TO-DAY
bo a refugee, and stated to be about The
A
25 years old, met, with an untimely end when he visited: Cheung Wan village on Saturday afternoon. The object of his visit is not known. but it is surmised that he was there for an unlawful purpose.. The man was discovered haystack" and immediately a hue and cry was raised by the villagers. Pursued by the village-folk, he fled iz a panic straight to the Be with the hope of escaping from the villagers by swimming to the op posite shore. However, he failed
to cross the channel and was seen to disappear in deep water,
A report was made at the Cheung Wan Police Station: Since then launches have been patrolling the vicinity, but up a late hour last night the body of the man had not been recovered.
WEDNESDAY 5.10, 7.159.20
golden calf
An Eyeful
of daring,
dazzling, demoisel
les in New York's gay bohemian quarter. with an
all stor cost-
presented by
WILLIAM FOX
:
The explanation of this unusual bilingualism. is that Miss Colbert was born in France and lived there until she was in her early teens. Then the came to Amerien with her parents and attended schools there until abe, made her stage debut a few years ago, In the intervening years she mastered English without acquiring any sug- gestion of French accent.
Her complete mastery of the two languages provided her with the unusual opportunity of playing the leading feminine rôle opposite Che- valier in both the American and French all-talking versions of "The Big Pond," in which the big hap. piness man from Paris." is starring at the Central Theatre during the holidays and will be shown for the last time to-day.
EMBARRASSING ENCOUNTER BETWEEN FATHER AND SON DURING THE CHRISTMAS
SHOPPING SEASON, EACH EARNESTLY TRYING TO
PRETEND THAT FATHER'S BURDEN IS QUITE INVISIBLE, AND THAT IN ANY CASE
NOBODY HAS SEEN ANYTHING
LESSON SERMON. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, HONG KONG "Mind" was the subject of the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of Christ. Scientist, on Sunday, Feb- ruary 22,
of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." (Tenish 11, 0). ..
GLUYAS ∙WILLIAMS
The Leason-Sermon also includ nd the following passage from Among the citations which com- tha Christian Sciente textbook, prised the Lesson Sermon was the Science and Health with Key to following from the Bible:"Give, the Scriptures" by Mary Baker unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. The Lord will give strength auto his people; the Lord will bless his people with
(Psalm 29; 2, 11.)..
TRUE TO THE NAVY,"
Clain Bow has two surprises for her friends in "True to the Navy." Her flapper" bob is gone. The "Rted: Head" has let her, hair
The Golden Text was-"The grow, and blow, At shoulder-earth shall be full of the knowledge" peace." length, it foats free,' unhampered,
And Clara sings in True to the Navy," the Central Theatre fea ture for to-morrow, in real Bow Fong, "There is Only One Who' Multers to Me," which was written for her,
Enough sailors to man a small. sized battleship were assembled at the Paramount studio in Holly- wood for the fling of Clara Bow's new romance, "True to the Navy." Fredric March, seen opposite Miss Bow in The Wild Party," heads the list. Several scenes of life on board a United States sea-lighter are high-lights of the picture.. Harry Green, is featured in the supporting cast..!!
KING OF JAZZ."
A swift melodie 'panarame of a sure fire hit song is the "Happy. Feet" number in Universal's spec incular extravaganza, "King of Jazz," starring Paul Whiteman, and coming to the Central Theatre soon. There are eight big num: bera in this extravaganza which Was directed by John Murray Anderson, famed creator of Ney Yok musical shows.
Puul Whiteman and his orches- tra, the famous Russell Markert Dancers, the Rhythm Boys, The Sisters G., Al Norman, eccentric dancer, and Charles Irwin, master of ceremonies are in this number which has as its song hit, "I've Got Those Happy Feet," scored by Ferde Grole, the musical genius who originally scored George' Ger- shwin's Rhapsody in Blue" and who scored the music not only for the, Happy Feet" number but for the entire King of Jazz"
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"From recent announcements and current gossip, it is very pleasing, to learn that the Hong Kong Amateur Dramatic Club is not resting on the laureis gained by their excellent production of that highly amusing naval faree," The
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While broad faroe can seldom Tail in its general appeal to local nudiences, one would not like to think that their taste in plays was. confined solely do this class of
enter. tainment, and it is, therefore,.still inore pleasing to learn that a slight departure is being anade and that in Art and Mrs, "Bottle" the players will have scope for duraċ- fer study as well as for the display. of dramatic mowo. Both of these branches are ombrnood in the play in question; the whole being com bined with numerous situations and sparkling dailogut,
The play is the work of Benn W. Levy, from whose pen we have had "This Woman Business," Mud and Treacle" étc., etc., but who, until now, was perhaps best known for his dramatisations of Hugh Walphole A Man with Red Hair" and Marcel Pagnol's "Toppar."
In Art and Mrs. Bottle " the author has retained, and even „LIU». phasised, much of the forceful Brilliance displayed in the above. works and we have you a further xample of the amazing sense of humour with which he can treat domestic tragedy when calling a spado a spadé
The story is undoubtedly a tragic one, but under Me. Levy's magic wand it becomes the lightest of fight comedies and is well calculat ed to please the after-dinner mood:
Careful treatment is called for in the acting and in the eclection of the caste much stuly has been given to the known or potential ability of the players.
The first performam will be given at the Theatre Royal on Saturday, March 7, and the play will be repented on the nights of 0th, 13th and 14th, with the pro bability of a matinee on Wednes day, March 11. Booking will be at Anderson's
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