CENTRAL
MYHEATRE U
TO-DAY Daily at
2.30, 5.10.7.15 and 9.20 p.m.
-An All-Talking, Singing
1981
Universal Super-Production First Time shown in This Colony
With Four Big Song Hits
RESURRECTO
With Four Big Songs: While the Volga Flows", "Sing to Your Eyes, “Baby's Lullaby,” Song of the Gypsies".
Count Leo Tolstoy's Famous Novel The greatest love story ever written now transformed into a
Talkie
Starring
JOHN BOLES-LUPE" VELEZ
Directed by EDWIN CAREWE
ALSO SHOWING Slim Summerville
"OOH LA LA'
George Sydney.
**COHEN ON THE TELEPHONE"
Please Book Early to avold crush.
BOOKING AT THE THEATEE
TELEPHONE No. 25720.
NEXT CHANGES
ALOHA
BEN LYON RAQUEL TORRES And All Star Cast
THE SILVER SCREEN.
KING'S THEATRE.
MR LEMON OF ORANGE.!!
El Bronde, famous, *Swedish dialect comedian,, hchieves the am bition of a lifetime-in Mr. Lemon of Orange, the Fox comedy now showing at the King's Theatre, in which he is costarred with Fi Dorsay,
All comedians sigh for the for bidden fruit to tragedy.; E1 is no exception. Always he has yearned to play a straight part. Now his suppressed desiro has been liberated;" He accomplishes his long solight, of, Ject in this production in which h pinys, a double role. –
His straight part, while at exactly Hamlet, is far from his usual assignments. It is that eff
Silent McGee, gangster chief, tain, who chews cigars and swallows the juice, and rules the realm of bootleg booze,
Brendel is very much impressed with this role, so much so that in
recent interview, he actually turn od serious and discussed the gang tur problem from a rather mound" point of view, all things considered
Most gangsters I ever saw of heard of were sick men," he said. Mostly they are the products of alums where they were reared in lth and, dirt. With one or two exceptions, never heard of a
man in good health burning to orian
FLS A livelihood. The weakling makes the gunman."
But this unnatural solemnity
could not last. Next he was grin ning: Irebearsed this gangster role at home, and practised talk ing tough and making faces at a mirror. I got so scared of myself a couple of times that I looked in- der all the beds before I could get to sleep
w
Brendel's other role in the pic. ture is the purely comic one of a Loy salesman, whose resemblance to Bicos creates amusing complica tiona
UP THE RIVER."
When Maurine Watkins created the part of "Dannemora Dan" in her original story for "Up The liver," Fox Movietone picture, bu never dreamed that the player who was to play the role would be so well qualified for it. Besides being a burglar of exceptional skill "Dan." is supposed to be a first- class catcher on the penitentiary. baseball team.
Warren Hymer, who portrays the character Dan," received his base: hall education at Yale University. In the more hazardous art of bar-
glary he served his apprenticeship in the Fox Movietone drama Born Reckless," in which he played thei part of Big Shot"
“Up the River," which opens next Wednesday at the King's Theatre is a hilarious Fox Movis.. Lone comedy, depicting high life.bo- hind high walls. Spencer. Tracy teams with Hymer to furnish much of the comedy in their roles of two hard-boiled birds who sprout wings and become emissaries of Dan Cupid in the romanca between' youngsters. Claire Luce and Hum- phrey Bogart interpret the young lovers, in the large cast which in- cludes William Collier, Този
"Cherie " Lawes, George Mac. Farlane, Sharon Lynn, Noel Fran- cis. Goodea Montgomery, Edythe. Chapman and dozens of other ne complished troupera.
QUEEN'S THEATRE.
"CIMARRON."
The role of Yancey Cravat ini Radio Pictures' dramatization of "Cimarron,” shownig to-morrow at the Queen's Theatre, is probably Richard Dix's greatest performance. Wesley Ruggles, the director, be- lieves there is a striking parallel be tween the Yancey Cravat of Edun, | Ferber's novel and Richard Dix, the
star.
"I am, as closely associated with the story as with Dix, as close, to Dix as I became to Yancey Cravata tirough intensivo study and analy- sia of the story," Ruggles.saya.
“My knowledge of ins career leadis me to believe that Dix is a breath- ing counterpart of Yancey. A brief outline of his career will verify this. | Yancey is spectacular, vital, charm- ing, brilliant. Under more modern circumstances, Dix was as spectaen. |lar in his youth as Yancey was. At school he was a noted atlileto and: football star, As a boy he waa envived by his chama for, his know ledge of woodcraft, obtained by numerous excursions into the wilds with his uncle.” His career in motion pictures has been spectacu- lar No star has taken more risks than Dix, who would curl up 'and' wither away at the thought-of-a- doublo
dony had the vision of a pro-
phet and was temperamentally un able to become a part of fixed human routine. He had an inner force winch oftén tore him from thei comforts of home and love, hệ wan driven by the Columbus-like urge of the pioneery
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1931.
KINGS THEATRE
SHOWING TO DAY
AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 AND 9.30 P.M
ON THE SPOT News EL BRENDEL is in town.
So is FIFI DORSAY.
FIFI dances at The Golden Slipper, where a gang of crooks hang out.
EL BRENDEL FIFI DORSAY
ThinksBRENDEL is the BigShotof GANGLAND Sings MyRacketIs You
When BRENDEL gazes into them eyes,
he loses those balance!
For hilarious and exciting details see
Mr.femon Orange of O
PRINCE'S THEATRE
SHOWING TO-DAY (Ending Sept. 12th)
5. Dally at 280.7.15 and 9.18 » m2
Special Mafiree at 5:15 on Saturdays and Sundayı Only,
The hero has to fight against Nature, and has to tackle a complicated love problem- The Girl, Manuelita.
who in real love with'
ANCE
ROM
RIO GRANDE
Added Attraction Fox Movietone News
COMMENCING SEPT. 13TH
WINS
WARNER BAKTER
William Fox presents All Singing, Dancing, Talking
Song Romance:
"MARRIED IN HOLLYWOOD'
MARY DUNCAN. ANTONIO MODENO
THE
DAY.
WILLIAM FOX
Where They Learn Dancing in Hong Kong
NEXT CHANGE WEDNESDAY, 18TH SEPT.
UP THE RIVER
Tracy
Claire Luce Warren Hymer
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE. TEL. 25313.
SHATIN RAILWAY:
THE SILVER SCREEN.
CENTRAL THEATRE.
RESURRECTIONA
Thuru are two outstanding" fea- tures abous”, "Restrrection, "", "show ing at the Centra. Tuentre to dny. for the first time. The first is the excellent seting of the beautiful Lupa Voloz who co-stars with John Boles and plays the part of the tragic Ratusha Mastova, and the second is that t
the producer, in his desire to make the almost classical "uoyel of Tolstoy conform to Hollywood talkie standards, has succeeded in making a pietura that, on the ong hand, bears but a remote resemblance" to the off ginal story it is supposed to par- tray and on the other talls below thỏ, vory level to which he has tried to lower i
"Those cinema-gonrs who, fre familiar with the works of Tole-, toy will probably experience, sa aecing this film, a similar sensa tion to that which attacks a lover of music when he or she hears one of the more simple classics played "by a jazz band to fox-trot time,
for the delectation of dansara
QUEEN'S
THEATRE
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT 2.80, 5:10, 7:15 & 0.203
THE LAUGH RIOT OF
THE SEASON ELE
"PARDON IS
The one redeeming feature of this film is the noting of Lupo Volcz, which, though it has its Lates moments of mediocrity; at times rises to heights that mark her as one of the low emotional actrossce now on the films who is likely to gain a reputation for screen/ POTEN trayals of real artistic, merit.
The film is worth seeing for this alone.
ALOHA
"Among the most charming of Hollywood's hostesses in Martin Douglas, who, in private life, is afra, Albert, Rogell, wife of the man for whom Albert Rogeol, was named and who is "director of the Tillány special picture Aloha, which "is coming to the Central Theatre shortly.
The Rogells live in b
beautiful home in a part of Hollywood that always proves difficult for strangers to and. In fact, you havo to nego tinte the trip several times before you can get the bang of the course. To aid their guests, the Rogolls The following lotter has been re- have erected on their house a pole ceived by Mr. A. Morris, Commis-on which are three lights, red, sioner of the local branch of the St. John Ambulance Brigade
DISASTER.
HELPERS THANKED.
ם.
green and blue, to act as a guide. So with one eye on three lights nhend and another on traffic lightsg the visitor. N
Marian Douglas plars an inter ting rule in her husband's pro- duction of Aloha, the cast off which includes Ben Leon, Raquel Torres, Robert Edeson, Alan Hale Thelma Todd, Donald Reed, Al St. John, Marcis Harris, T.Roy, Barnes and Robert Ellis
SMUGGLER SHOT DEAD.
WIDOW'S EVIDENCE AT INQUEST.
DEAR SIR-Your letter of May 21 with enclosures relating to the work done by members of the Brigade at the accident on the Kowloon-Canton Railway on April 20, 1831, was brought to the notice of the Am bulance Committee of the Order and the Council and Chapter-General, by the Chief Commissioner at its Inat meeting Those presont learnt with considerable satisfaction of the very valuable services rendered this occasion by Mr. A, el Arculli and other members of the Kowloon- Canton Railway Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas sad it was unanimously resolved to recognise these services by the award of votes of thanks on Vellum to the following Ael. Arculli, Wan Hau Kong, Chan Pak Ling, Fun Chi Fan and Taang Chung A verdict of "Death by minad
venture" was returned by the jury: Further communications regard who pointed out that the first ing these votes of thanks will be shot fired by the Revenue Officer forwarded to you direct by the was unintentional and was caused by a jerk on his arm which. e. Chancery of the Order could not have foreseen or avoid
I am instructed by the Chief ed. Commissioner to
ask you to convey
to those concerned his deep appre ciation of their services and the way in which they no worthily upheld the traditions of the Brigade.
Yours faithfully,
(Sd) A CARUBAQ, Chiot Secretary Ambulance Department.
The shooting incident in Con- naught Road West recently when, hours of the morning, a Chinese following a struggle in the early
was shot by a Revenue Officer and subsequently died, was recalled at yesterday Central Magistracy when the inquest into the death was continued by
The widow of the deceased, in that on the night in question the the course of her evidence, stated
deceased. stayed at home until about 12 midnight. He then loft the house, stating that he wIE For ing out for a late meal. He re turaedhortly after 2 m, and staggered into the house. He lay down in his bed and gave a cry of pain but immediately signalled his wife to make no noise and to keep quietTo his wife's "queue"," tions he gave no answer.
PICNIC FOR THE BLIND Half an hour later she wept up, to see if he had gone to sleep and noticed bicod-stains on the back of his trousers, "I sat down trembl
AN APPEAL,
STAN LAUREL OLIVER HARDY FÜR Minera
ADDED ATTRACTIONS HEARST NEWSREEL with LOCAL NEWS
TRAVELOGUE
DOGWAY MELODY
WILD FLOWERS
TOMORROW
YANCEY CRAVAT A Giant Towering Among Men Who Were Men
Great Fisted Mighty Hearted. Holding Rein on Empire Destiny Marked with Madness and Willed to the Devil!
EDNA FERBER'S
COLOSSAL
ARRO
RICHARD DIX IRENE DUNNE
STAR
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
AT 2,80, 5.20, 7:20 & 9:20.
ing," said the woman, and wait GEORGE JESSEL
ed for daybreak and also for some
The St. Petor's Group of the body to come in, but nobody came Just before daybreak, the princi- Victoria Diocesan Missionary Assopal tenant of the floor came in ciation has in the past four years and advised me to make a report organised, with the assistance
he assistance of fo the police, which I did. When I went there I was referred to the generous friends, a summer pienie Tang Wah Hospital and I then for the girls of the Blind Home, wont there the fokis accompanied, Pokfulam.
me back to the house. Allorasi certaining the nature of the wound. they told me to notify the police.
The woman, in answer to a ques. the girls, generally about eo in numtion put to her by Mr. Murphy of FREDDAME BEES the C..Danid that she was of ber, are given tea and a small pro- the opinion that the man must sent each, AZWA NA leve died at about 3 a.mi “hen "It has been deelded to follow the he failed to respond on being.
The picnic has taken the nature
of a motor ride to Shek O, where
"C" Dancing Academy (King's Theatre Building) Tel. 27630.
the Specialist in Learn Ballroom latest Dance Dancing. hit of the Sea
son. "The Jazz" take place on Saturday afternoon,t
from No.7 Police Station that on October:37 ess and Slow Fox-
TP Committee organising the the woman's first call, le marely. guaranteed. - | trots
picnic would gratefully welcome the stated that her husband died but. loan of carn, or donations. Offers did not disclose the nature of hip- and gifts should be sent to Mrs, 11 injuries.
Rapid Progress
Practice Dances Every Wed and Sat. 8 to 12 pm.
suma plan this year the picnic to wag
Harbour Tow. Hos After the pital Road, or to the lev. LEND them fury returno Watkins, St. John's Cathedral. dicated above,
an officer
LOVE
TIVE &
Laugh
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