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PASSION! HATE!
ALOHA
Half Savage Half Naked!
A Child of Nature!
She lifted man to the Glory of Heaven only to cast him into the depths of Hell and Damnation with her Native Heritage.
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ALOHA."
"A l'à' rather you had become a wastrel and a beachcomber than to come home with a half-breed wife (" Those were the harsh words: f Bradford, Sr., when bis son Jimmy introduced him to Hand, the beauti fat half-native and half-whito gië he bad brought from the tropics to his aristocratic home in San Fran. cisco.
And Jimmy's sister felt the saine way-so did all of his blue-blood frlands, all, that is, except Blaine, the girl who knew the grentost heart-ache bf all, because Jimmy and she had been sweethearts, until the tr
tramendous
allur
of the dark- skinned, wild child" of nature gat the better of his good intentions.
What happens to Ilamu-a bird “of, paradiso among vultures ready to Lear her to pieces in her gilded enge, where the ways of civilization are hard to comprehend, is told in Aloha," the Tiffany production featuring Ben Lyon and Raquel Torres, now showing at the Central. Theatro
In addition to this glamorous production with San Francisco as the locals for most o
which starts and ends on a tropical island and a palatial yacht as hack- ground for some very dramatic in- oidents, the Central Theatre, is giving a further attraction by showing an all-monkey east comedy, "Little Covered Wagon," with the trained Tiffany Chimps.
"THE DRUMS OF JEOPARDY.”
A thriller of the first water is The Drums of Jeopardy," the Tiffany production which is coming to the Central Theatre the coming Sunday, The picture not only slings thrills, terror and suspense around with an utter disregard for how much excitement you can stand, but it contains a neat blending of romanes and comedy.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1931.
HONCKONCS FINEST CINEMA
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY!
UP THE RIVER
with
SPENCER TRACY Claire Luce Warren Hymer
Directed by JOHN FORD
KING'S THEATRE..
V
"UP THE RIVER."
"Up The River" ... melange uproarious situations, opened at the King's Theatre yesterday,
The Most Comfortable and the Only Air-conditioned Theatre. In the Colony.
Daily at
2:30, 75.10
7.15 & 9.30 PM.
ANYWAY you look at it, Up The River" is a lead pipe cinch, laughs so close together. they lock stop; sixty days of comedy in sixty minutes of film.
A WOMAN A FLAME with the secrets of and a man who was still a wide-oyed boy. Chance brought them together in an embmce no force could part,
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Joan Lawes, delightful child so tress, could not fail to be con vincing as the warden daughter as mio plays a real life róle; : hor own father being none other than Warden Lewis E. Lawes of Sing. Sing Prison.
Jour.
"BODY AND SOUL,”'
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BODY
and
SOUL
CHARLES
FARRELL
ELISSA
LANDI
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Humphrey
Bogart Myrna Loy directed by
Alred
VATICAN-ITALY ACCORD.
CONCESSIONS MADE BY
MUSSOLINI.
CATHOLIC CLUBS TO RE-OPEN,
based on the following points:
BULL TOMBS OF EGYPT
NEW DISCOVERIES.
SACRED BURIAL FOR
ANIMALS.
Models of the recently excavated bull tombs ut"Armint, Egypt, und the Arat complete and seientifica ly noourato model of an Egyptian house will be included in the Egypt Exploration Society's exhibition, which will open at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Log- don, some time this month. A com- prehensive display of neckiness, ornaments, and other important finds will also be shown," ",
The hull tombs, of which the excavation was completed last season, were the tombs in which the mummies of the anerod Buolis bulls were buried with the fall ritual accorded to a god. They were well equipped with gold and ainuleta, their life stories being perpetuated in beautifully or namented stein.my same te
One of these tablets relates to n
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bull which was born in the reign of MONTY BANKS the last Ptolemy, lived through tora: stormy period of Cleopatra, and
died when Aguustus was Emperar. A complete case is allotted to tho oraate Lead nets, which encircled the outer casing of the mummies and to the glass and obsidian eyes with which the dead bulls were pro- vided. Ona oye, made of quartz; is! regarded as the finest known. example of the working of this material. A separate model shows the tombs of the cows from which the sacred bulls were bred: These also were mummified, but envation of the tombs has shown that they were much less honourably equipped; their sole accompaniment being gold leaf in large quantities.
Nobleman's Model House.
It would only spoil a perfect comedy to reveal the plot here, but Warner Oland heads the cast in a it revolves about the hilarious typical Oland role-that of a man efforts of two champion jail-brank-
"] have noveren. a woman devoting all his time andere to manipulate a romance to with green eyes who is not a good
Vatican City.It is semi-officially diabolical cunning to the destruc- their satisfaction. Eventually they actress," declared Alfred Santel, admitted in Vatican circles, that an
The model house, based in respect tion of a family, one member of attain their goal, but not until
one of the most successful direc accord between the Vatican and of the house itself on that of which brought sorrow and death to they have broken in and out of
tura of all talking pictures. This the Fascist Government has been Hatiay, a nobleman of King his daughter. Not knowing which jail two or three times, committed
dos may have induenced him in reached, and that the differences of the four men was responsible, he a burglary and incidentally pro-selecting Elissa Landi and Myran arising out of the State's repres Akhenaten at Tel-el-Amarna, ia makes sure he will get the right nevided many side-splitting laughs. Joy for the principal feminine sion of the Catholic Action by getting them all-but one escapes
will unique in that every section of the The story is by the author of rules of his latest Fox Movietone, be settled. The hocard will be house,chapel, outhouses, and him," and that is a young prince that delicious atago satire, Chien-Body and
Soal;"
for Miss played by Lloyd Hughes. Hughes go," Maurino Watkins; the direc Lagdi has the greenest of eyes and The "Catholic Action " (the grounds has been built to ecalo und supplies the romance by falling intion by John Ford, the man who Miss Loy's orbs are of similar co Catholic organisation which, the a vouched for by accurate research, love, with a pretty American girl gave us such unforgettable filma as played by June Collyer, whose Men Without Woman" and the
Fasciats claimed, was being used From the rubbish in the dump to Misa Loy'a reputation 24 for political purposes) will be ori apartment he breake into at night gold medal winning Four Sons," "good actress" and as the screen'sganised independently in all dio the figures of the owner and s while trying to escape.
A huge cast of notable comedians cst popular siren has long been ceses. In other words, it will be a family, every datail" has peen The production gets more and and comediennes, the cream of the established. Miss Landi, wha diocesan and not a national organi- thought of, while the careful work more thrilling every minute and in stage and screen, all work in har makes her screen debut in this altion. Each diocesan unit will the tensity of its climax, Claremony to make "Up The River" a drama, adapted from Eliott White depend directly on the particular manship of the wall friezes, the Blandick now..and then supplies the welcome and uproarious addition Springs and A. E. Thomas' play bishop in order to ensure that the lintel of the front door, and the comedy relief.
to, the current picture renson. "Squadrons," was the stage and "Catholic Action" will carry on figures in the chipot provide an ox-
scroon sensation of Europe, and only religious and not political ceptionally vivid impression. Hymer take first honoura as theorities have already acclaimed her work.. two Balf-appointed Cupids with the most important film discovery There will be a central body for An interesting feature of Hatiaye Claire Luca and Humphrey Bogart in years, Charles Farrell,
who the purpose of co-ordinating the house, revealed, during the excava as the young lovers and William
enacts the leading male role in religious activities of the "Catholic tions is that dummy windows were Collier, Sr., as the hard bailed lifer Body and Soul," needs no intro-Action," but there will be no cen- (Continued at foot of next column,) giving splendid performances.
QUEEN'S THEATRE.
*** SHIPMATES:"
13,
Robert Montgomery trained with
the U.S.S. Colorado's crack six-inch gun crew for his first starring role in Shipmates," the thrilling Metro, Goldwyn-Mayer feature which will open on Sunday at the Queen's Theatre.
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Working aboard the battleship under Harry Pollard's direction in the Navy picture, Montgomery subbed the regular crew, taking the part of a loader in the battle practice drills that surve na the dramatic climax,
In the picture Montgomery is reen in action with the gun crew a night Aring practico and in the big force-firing manœuvres. «
Dorothy Jordan plays opposite Montgomery in the film and the east includes Ernest Torrence, Hobart Bosworth, Cliff "Edwards, Gavin Gordon, Joan Marsh, Ed- ward Nugent, E. Allyn Warren, George Irving, Hedda Hopper and William Worthington.
ALMOST A HONEYMOON."
the
"Ahnost a Honeymoon," pieturo which opened yesterday at the Queen's Theatre, seares an other success for British producers, It has been, bailed by arities, at Home as being even better than the stage play of the same name.
Clifford Millison is admirable' in the role of Basil. His foolery while supposed to be in a state of intaxivation is a' bränd now addi. tion to portrayals of "inebriated swells.
Dodo Watts is excellent ne Rosa- lie, and acts with much natural charm She has the gift; of n singularly pleasing apeaking, vaice, coupled with a piquant prettiness.
Lamount Dickson plays his origin. part of Cuthbert, and evokes. nlenty of laughs in the process. Donald Calthrop, as Basil's gentle- men's gentleman, reveals further versatility, and gots away with a
25 words $1.00 prepaid good percentage of the acting
for 3 Insertions.
honours,
*** Almost a Honevinoon"""19" "WD- doubtedly one of the best British
•productiona seen locally
Spencer Tracy and Warren
PRINCE'S THEATRE
SHOWING TO-DAY (Ending on 19th)
At 2.80, 7.15 and 9.18 pm.
Special Matinee at 5.18 on Saturday and Sunday.
RAMON NOVARRO
in THE Hear him sing the PAGAN hit:
"PAGAN LOVE SONG".
The picture onds with a dramatic climax in which sensational battles with the Tigers of the Sea" and an astounding. denouncement figure, Ramon Norarrowing the, girl and conquers his enemy.
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M. G. M. picture ''SO THIS IS COLLEGE
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tral direction" of policy. Each inserted round the central chamber bishop will be responsible for the where necessary to
exit organisation in. big dincese,
symmetry. The" extensive "outhouses Concessions to the Vatican in- include stables, where horses and elude the right of each bishop to cattle are feeding, and complots nominate a priest for the religious | bakeries and kitchens, education of the Balilla and Avan- Ornaments, include a number of guardisti boys (members of Fascist amulets of the disreputable little youth organisations). They have god Bez beloved of the commɔn been ordered to give assurancea to people, and an exceptionally Ôno the Vatican that religious instruo statuette, which has been christened tion shall be regularly imparted, the smiling hippo," "An elaborate with a uniformity of method, in all necklaco of aix strings, linked ly branches of the Fascist boys and faience figures and imitation stones, youths organisations.
has been reconstructed by Mrs. Pendlebury, wife of Mr. J. D. 3. Pendlebury, who was in charge of the Tel-el-Amarua excavations.
Victory for Church. As a result, Catholic clubs will open again throughout. Italy. No dato hug yet been set for the re opening, but this, it is likely, will.
be accomplished quietly and grad-U.S. usily.
Churchmen generally regard the accord, as a victory for the Church.
COLLEGE CULT OF
ATHLETICS.
The Vatican insists that the STUDENTS "EXPLOITED" FOR
agreement to avoid politics is more-
PUBLIC SHOW.
College athletics in America in-
ly a perfunctory reiteration of the Lateran Pact, as the " Catholic Ac⠀⠀ tion" never engaged in politics.
Signor Mussolini's promises to involve orense religious training in Fascist organisations and the permission of the Church for the installation of Fascist clubs in Church, colleges, is considered the logical sequence to closer co-operation between Church and Facaists for the religious and physical education of youth..
duction to screen audiences. They elected him by popular vote re cantly to the exalted position of "King of the Movin
"Body and Soul" is described as one of the most fascinating and intriguing love stories ever dim ed. It tells the story of a hand some young aviation officer who falls in love with a girl, who later, is accused of being a spy He becomes, involved in the accusation, and escapes a court martial only when gril's true identity is
revealed to me Humphrey Bogart is also fon
tured in the Fox drama
coming to the King's Theatre next Saturday?
the exploitation of the student, his diversion, from genuine college study and social life, and his service under professional train show before the public.FRAN era in preparation for commercial
Heary Smith Pritchett, in the 25th This statement is made by Dr.
annual report of the executive of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching of which, he is president,
At Harvard, be reveals, 81,260,000 (£280,000) more than one-tenth of the University's total insome--18 derived from athletics.
One wonders," Dr. Pritchett romarks," what is the ratio of foot ball income to total income in in- stitutions that make a speciality of football.”
University and school stadiums in America bave become tremendous earners of money, and Dr. Prit chett foreseen the day when they will be asked to bear their full share of taxations
Dr. Pritchett has resigned the phờ sidency of the Foundation after twentyivo years of office.
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